Church quotes

“- Father Ritley: Body of Christ.
- Evian: Are these non-fat?”

Mark McKinney - Father Ritley
Elaine Hendrix - Evian

“- Mother Superior: Girl groups? Boogie-woogie on the piano? What were you thinking?
- Deloris: I was thinkin' more like Vegas, y'know, get some butts in the seats.
- Mother Superior: And what next? Popcorn? Curtain calls? This is not a theater or a casino.
- Deloris: Yeah, but that's the problem. See, people like going to theaters, and they like...” (continue)(continue reading)
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“- Reverend Keach: Here? Where here?
- Birkin: What about the belfry?
- Reverend Keach: The belfry? I can't say that appeals to me, having somebody stay in the belfry. Shouldn't you take lodgings? A room in the Shepherd's Arms?”

Patrick Malahide - Reverend Keach
Colin Firth - Birkin

“- Anna Baragli: He's definitely gonna steal the Codex. I can feel it. I'm not sure when.
- Cardinal: Attempt to steal, you mean. The vanity in this man Hudson Hawk! The Vatican has foiled the advances of pirates and terrorists. We will not lie down for some schmuck from New Jersey.”
Andie MacDowell - Anna Baragli
Leonardo Cimino - Cardinal

“- Eddie Souther: Nice church, huh?
- Deloris: Yes, very nice. Look, what am I gonna be? Quasimodo in the belfry? What is this?
- Eddie Souther: I want you to stay here for a while.
- Deloris: Where?
- Eddie Souther: In the convent. It's the safest place in the world. You think Vince is gonna look for you in a convent?”

Bill Nunn - Eddie Souther
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“My church is this very Chapel of Democracy that we sit in together, and I do not need God to tell me what are my moral absolutes. I need my heart, my brain, and this church.”
Joan Allen - Laine Hanson

“Church music? It's too good for the Church. Jesus was too good for the Church, ya' ask me. You know, he shook things up. He was... he was an anarchist, ya' know? He, uh, he threw the money lenders outta the temple. First thing he's gonna do when he comes back is torch the Vatican!”
Woody Harrelson - Vince Boudreau

“I like Mass better in Latin. It's nicer when you don't know what they're saying.”

Glynis Johns - Elsie

“- Shannon Christie: She's got an awfully large chest to be goin' to church.
- Joseph Donnelly: Shannon, all chests are equal in the eyes of the Lord.”
Nicole Kidman - Shannon Christie
Tom Cruise - Joseph Donnelly

“- Elena: Forgive me father for I have sinned. It has been three days since my last confession.
- Alejandro Murrieta: Three days? How many sins could you have committed in three days? Come back when you have more time, please.”

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Elena
Antonio Banderas - Alejandro Murrieta

“I'm not a superhero! I'm a Latter-Day Saint.”
Trey Parker - Joe Young

“- Priest: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to...
- Lucy: I object.
- Saul: Oh, geez.
- Priest: I didn't get to that part yet.
- Jack: I would have to object too.”

Joel Hatch - Priest
Sandra Bullock - Lucy
Jack Warden - Saul
Bill Pullman - Jack

“Preacher likes to set fire to churches, that's his trip. Unfortunately he does it when there are people inside.”
Jack Palance - Frank Hawkes

“That was the only time we fought. Perhaps we wondered after which one of us was tougher. But if boyhood questions aren't answered before a certain point, they can't be raised again. So we returned to being gracious to one another, as the church well suggested.”

Robert Redford - Narrator

“- Rick Leland: It'll probably end up with Captain Higoto marrying us on the boat.
- Alberta Marlow: No! I want a church wedding and a groom who's got more than two suits.”
Humphrey Bogart - Rick Leland
Mary Astor - Alberta Marlow

“The church I go to is the one that emancipated the slaves, that gave women the right to vote, that gave us every freedom that we hold dear.”
Joan Allen - Laine Hanson