52 Altar Quotes for You to Enjoy

There is no gospel of atheism. Atheists don't pray at the altar of a Richard Dawkins poster. Gad Saad

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He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. Gilbert Parker

My mother was a big influence; she was exceedingly chic, completely dressed in a completely different manner than I did. I was a child of the Depression, so she taught me all about accessories, and I always tell everybody she worships at the altar of the accessory. Iris Apfel

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I grew up in a French-dominated Catholic part of the country. I was an altar boy. I went to Catholic school. I have a cousin who is a priest - it's part of my DNA. It's kind of hard to separate me from the church, to try to say where one starts and the other stops. James Carville

I wanted to be a Priest at one point. I was pretty religious. I was an altar boy, and I was good at it. Then, I started meeting girls and I'm like 'You know, maybe I shouldn't be a Priest.' Jimmy Fallon

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I was baptized as an infant. I was confirmed as an adolescent; I was active in my church's youth group and in my university student group. I was married before the church's altar; trained at the church's seminaries, ordained deacon and priest at age 24. John Shelby Spong

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Writers need their totems, their altars. Mine, I feel, share the same randomness and utility of those belonging to painters I know, who are relentlessly visual and even poetic. Kevin Young

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When I worked on Altar Boys, they wanted to see us having fun. The four of us would have fun on set and steal each other's lines, and mess with the director. Kieran Culkin

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When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar. Lee Daniels

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The life of an artist is always reproving what you can do, and I feel like there is still so much more to do. Because I still enjoy it, and I'm not one of those actors who feels like, 'Oh, I've arrived and you should worship at my altar,' kind of thing. Lynn Whitfield

Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty. Maria Monk

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If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream. Michelle Obama

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We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation. Peter Akinola

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A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I would hate to think that anyone thought I was coming to preach. But art and music open up things that you can't put into words. It's about bringing joy when you go out there. Stephen Hough

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Every screenwriter worships at the altar of Robert Towne, and we do. Stephen McFeely

Every Worships Robert Altar Screenwriter

When I was seven, I decided to buy all my friends some ice cream, but the problem was where to get the money. Sneaking into church, I went to the side of the altar where you can light a candle for your loved ones and took the money from the collection boxes. Suzi Quatro

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At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar. Timothy Radcliffe

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I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox. Tom Waits

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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. William Hazlitt

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During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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I bow down to the altar of genre, because it allowed me to get 'The Witch' financed. Robert Eggers

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