Clergymen quotes

“I don’t believe in the old saying that the end justifies the means, and no money that I can earn as an actor can accomplish so much good that I would feel justified in violating my ideals to earn it…”
Eugene Hugh Beaumont

“Sometimes my work as an actor presents a conflict with my ideals as a clergyman.”
Eugene Hugh Beaumont

“- Father Des Spellacy: He might have been there on a pastoral call.
- Det. Tom Spellacy: When was the last time you hung your pants over the side of the bed while making a house call?
- Father Des Spellacy: I admit, that's not the way they teach you at the seminary.”

Robert De Niro - Father Des Spellacy
Robert Duvall - Det. Tom Spellacy

“- Charlie: I put him in the septic tank.
- Gus: Who?
- Charlie: The corpse.
- Gus: What corpse?
- Charlie: The reverend's corpse.
- Gus: He wasn't a corpse when I left him, Charlie.”
David Schwimmer - Charlie
Simon Pegg - Gus

“- Elena: I have broken the fourth commandment, padre.
- Alejandro Murrieta: You killed somebody?
- Elena: No, that is not the fourth commandment.”

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Elena
Antonio Banderas - Alejandro Murrieta

“I was eleven. And I was preyed upon by father David Holly in Wester. And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon.”
Neal Huff - Phil Saviano

“- William of Baskerville: You are in love.
- Adso of Melk: Is that bad?
- William of Baskerville: For a monk, it does present certain problems.”
Sir Sean Connery - William von Baskerville
Christian Slater - Adso von Melk

“- Father Bill Lombardy: Shit!
- Bobby Fischer: I didn't know a priest could use bad language. I like this guy!”

Peter Sarsgaard - Father Bill Lombardy
Tobey Maguire - Bobby Fisher

“You use the truth like poison! What a funny thing for a priest to say.”
Tadanobu Asano - Interpreter

“- Bobby Fischer: If I criticize a priest, will I go to hell?
- Father Bill Lombardy: Depends on if you believe in hell.”
Tobey Maguire - Bobby Fisher
Peter Sarsgaard - Father Bill Lombardy

“- Avram: Tommy, I'm not a rabbi.
- Tommy: Don't say that! You are a rabbi. I'm a bank robber. I'm a card player and a whoremonger. That's what I am. You are a rabbi. You can fall in the mud, you can slip on your ass, you can travel in the wrong direction. But even on your ass, even in the mud, even if you go in the wrong direction for a little...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Wilder - Avram
Harrison Ford - Tommy

“- Jesse Wilkes: Put the camera on me. You people sent U$72 million dollars to this guys last year.
- Rev. Ray Porter: Amen!
- Jesse Wilkes: Why do you send your money to rich people?
- Rev. Ray Porter: The spirit of God moved in!”
Bill Paxton - Jesse Wilkes
Tim Curry - Rev. Ray Porter

“- The Bishop: Excellency, fiddlesticks, my name's Fred and I'm a man, same as you.
- Judge Elihu Smails: You're not a man, you're a bishop, for God's sakes.
- The Bishop: There is no God...”
Henry Wilcoxon - The Bishop
Ted Knight - Judge Elihu Smails

“You know a little about Buddhist monks. Some of them come to cherish life so much that to step on an insect or harm a blade of grass becomes a violation of their creed, so they place themselves under an extreme form of protective custody, a sanctuary of sorts.”
Peter Wingfield - Methos

“- Gus: Did you know that the priest was alive when you killed him?
- Charlie: No!
- Gus: There you go then!”
Simon Pegg - Gus
David Schwimmer - Charlie

“- Kate Linville Holroyd: I can't believe I called the high priest a cocksucker.
- Harvey Holroyd: I thought you were terrific.”
Tuesday Weld - Kate
Martin Mull - Harvey

“No man is like a priest. Priests aren't even like priest when it comes to women.”
Chris Cooke - Vic Hugo

“- Reverend Smalls: Who the hell are you?
- Gus: I'm the guy that's here to collect the money.
- Reverend Smalls: Give me your gun!
- Gus: I don't have one!
- Reverend Smalls: You've come to get money from me and you ain't packing?”
Mitchell Mullen - Reverend Smalls
Simon Pegg - Gus

“- Edmond Dantes: You lied?
- Abbé Faria: I'm a priest, not a saint.”
Jim Caviezel - Edmond Dantes
Richard Harris - Abbé Faria

“- Charles Halloway: You are known in this town. My father knew you.
- Mr. Dark: Your father? The preacher? That half-man?
- Charles Halloway: He lived on goodness.”
Jason Robards - Charles Halloway
Jonathan Pryce - Mr. Dark

“- Terry Macy, State Pagent: Somebody call a doctor!
- Colleen Douglas, State Pagent: A doctor? Somebody call a priest!”

Mo Gaffney - Terry Macy, State Pagent
Nora Dunn - Colleen Douglas, State Pagent

“How many guys do you know who's best friend is also their priest?”
Sean Penn - Daulton Lee

“My clergyman, who happens to be wanted for pederasty, will vouch for me.”
Woody Allen - CW Briggs

You think all Buddhist monks are like the Dalai Lama? There are guys in Nepal who are like, "What should I do? Should I carry packs of heavy shit for Westerners up to the top of the base camp on Mt. Everest, or should I stay down here in Katmandu and maybe just chant all day and check out chicks and pretend to be holy?".
Donal Logue - Dex

“- Jessica: I should have made love to you when I had the chance.
- Billy: Father Mulcahy?”

Rob Schneider - Jessica
Matthew Lawrence - Billy