Pope Quotes

• My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Mother
  • Me
  • Soldier

• There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Poetry
  • Read
  • Dislike

• A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Scripture
  • Armed
  • Layman

• The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

  

  Joseph Stalin
  • Pope
  • Divisions

• In life, as in death, Pope John Paul II was one of the most visible people on Earth.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • People
  • Life
  • Death

• Pope John Paul II spoke with a lot of clarity and consistency. But he always spoke with immense compassion. He's the one who said the best way to love somebody is to tell them the truth. So, he did that well.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • Truth
  • Compassion
  • Consistency

• I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • True
  • Atheist
  • Pope

• Over the last 2,000 years, 10,000 saints have been named, among them, 78 popes. At the time of his death, Pope John Paul II had the distinction of naming 482 saints, more than all of his predecessors combined.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • Time
  • Death
  • Saint

• In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral or political issue it can produce such a wide divergence of opinion that nobody -- from the Pope to Mao Tse-tung -- can say with any confidence that he is not an Anglican. Its weaknesses are that nobody pays much attention to it and very few people attend its functions.

  

  Auberon Waugh
  • People
  • Political
  • Attention

• Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.

  

  Charles Fourier
  • People
  • Time
  • Today

• For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.

  

  Hans Kung
  • People
  • Positive
  • Moral

• We cannot stem linguistic change, but we can drag our feet. If each of us were to defy Alexander Pope and be the last to lay the old aside, it might not be a better world, but it would be a lovelier language.

  

  Willard Van Orman Quine
  • World
  • Language
  • Drag

• Antichrist is the pope and the Turk Muslim together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul of Antichrist is the pope, his flesh or body the Turk.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Life
  • Soul
  • Turk

• Pope John Paul II is the great. Only two other popes had that title. Does that suggest there is going to be a move for canonization?

  

  Chris Matthews
  • Great
  • Moving
  • John Paul

• I had the good fortune of living in Rome for seven years, from 1994 to 2001. So, I kind of saw firsthand the impact that Pope John Paul II had on people.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • People
  • Good
  • Kind

• For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they will?

  

  William Tyndale
  • Matter
  • Bishops
  • Cardinals

• He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great defenders of Christendom. (The other was the pope.)

  

  William Manchester
  • Faith
  • Church
  • Macarthur

• The greatest empiricists among us are only empiricists on reflection: when left to their instincts, they dogmatize like infallible popes.

  

  William James
  • Reflection
  • Instinct
  • Infallible

• Mr. Churchill, Mr. Prime Minister, how many divisions did you say that the pope had?

  

  Joseph Stalin
  • Prime Minister
  • Pope
  • Churchill

• The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience. The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Conscience
  • Praying
  • Frogs

• Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Future

• Then they began to say: 'Yes, but how can we know what is God's Word, and what is right or wrong? We must learn this from the Pope and the councils.' Very well then, let them conclude and say what they please, yet I will reply, you cannot put your confidence in that nor thus satisfy your conscience, for you must determine this matter yourself, for your very life depends upon it. Therefore God must speak to your heart: This is God's Word; otherwise you are undecided.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Heart
  • Speak
  • Conscience

• I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.

  

  William Tyndale
  • Boys
  • Causes
  • Scripture

• Not to admire, is all the art I know To make men happy, or to keep them so. Thus Horace wrote we all know long ago; And thus Pope quotes the precept to re-teach From his translation; but had none admired, Would Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired?

  

  Lord Byron
  • Happy
  • I Know
  • Translation

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