Quotes tagged ‘Christian’

“Bud: Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? Otto: They don't pay bills in Russia, it's all free. Bud: All free? Free my ass. What are you, a fuck…”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

“They call the person that was showing me around and said, 'Hey we're a Christian family. We can't have Cory Booker in our home.' Because we have these outrage machines that are making the highest corporate profits they've ever made, because of their telling us to hate each other so much.”

— Cory Booker, npr.org

“It is our goal to shut down their agenda, which is to bring death and destruction.”

— Anonymous Female Christian, imdb.com

“Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean that you have the power to run the rest of us. For 23 years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you, and now... well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!”

— Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, Auntie Em, Clara Blandick, imdb.com

“Franny: If you join the chastity club, I'll let you go on the Pill for Christmas. Claire: Deal.”

— Rob Ulin, Franny, Amy Pietz, imdb.com

“The Christian, however, must bear the burden of a brother. He must suffer and endure the brother. It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated. The burden of men was so heavy for God Himself that He had to endure the Cross. God ver…”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“The most experienced psychologist or observer of human nature knows infinitely less of the human heart than the simplest Christian who lives beneath the Cross of Jesus. The greatest psychological insight, ability, and experience cannot grasp this one thing: what sin is. Worldly wisdom knows what dis…”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“Igbo sayings and proverbs are far more valuable to me as a human being in understanding the complexity of the world than the doctrinaire, self-righteous strain of the Christian faith I was taught.”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

“On Wednesday the secret police penetrated the closed church of Friedrich Werder and arrested at the altar eight members of the Council of Brethren....I think how yesterday at Saarbrucken six women and a trusted man of the Protestant community were arrested because they had circulated an election lea…”

— Martin Niemoller, spartacus-educational.com

“The cool thing about Halloween is that it's a uniquely American holiday. I mean, despite its obvious origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian All Saints' Day, it really is a melting pot of various immigrants' traditions and beliefs. It became a little more commercialized in the 19…”

— Randy Huggins, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

“A Christian, a Jew and a Muslim walk into a bar. After a nice evening, they all leave with a deeper appreciation for each other’s religions.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“I’m a doctor and every time I perform a life-saving surgery, someone bursts into tears and shouts ‘Thank God!’ How Christian is it to take all the fucking credit?”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.”

— Pat Robertson, beliefnet.com

“Religious ‘modesty’ can go f*ck itself.”

— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.com

“If there had been any unbelief in Mary, that could not prevent God from accomplishing his work in any other way which he might choose. But she is called blessed, because she received by faith the blessing offered to her, and opened up the way to God for its accomplishment.”

— John Calvin, amazon.com

“Remember: God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.”

— Lysa TerKeurst, twitter.com

“God is better than the world's best day, God is better than the best day that the world has to offer.”

— Chance The Rapper, genius.com

“Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you ought not to consider poverty a crime.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com