Prayer quotes

“I wouldn't pray just for a old man that's dead, 'cause he's all right. If I were to pray, I'd pray for folks that are alive and don't know which way to turn.”
John Carradine - Jim Casy

“- Major Baker: Can we really count on a scientist who prays?
- General Slater: I wouldn't count on one who doesn't.”

Bradford Dillman - Major Baker
Richard Widmark - General Slater

“- Fa Li: I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck.
- Grandmother Fa: How lucky can they be? They're dead. Besides, I've got all the luck we'll need.”
Freda Foh Shen - Fa Li
June Foray - Grandmother Fa

“All right, fellas... let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could.”

Pat O'Brien - Father Jerry

“Buddha, please help Anna keep awake for scientific preparation of banquet, even though she is a woman and a Christian and therefore unworthy of your interest.”

Martin Vidnovic - The King of Siam

“Do Nazis answer prayers, Herr Lieberman? No, that is God's business and I have thanked Him every night since He pushed Emil under that car. He could have done it sooner, but I thank Him anyway.”
Rosemary Harris - Mrs. Doring

“We don't want your forgiveness. We won't make excuses. We're not gonna blame you, even if you are an accessory... But we will not except your natural order. We didn't come for absolution, we didn't ask to be redeemed. But isn't how it is, every goddamn time... Your prayers are always answered in the order they're received.”

Ryan Phillippe - Mr. Parker

“- Angela McCourt: That's the baby Jesus. And if you ever need anything, you should pray to him.
- Young Malachy: Could you tell Jesus that we're hungry?
- Young Frank: Shut up!”

Emily Watson - Angela McCourt
Shane Murray-Corcoran - Young Malachy
Joe Breen - Young Frank

“Dear Lord, please give us the strength and courage to tear this man from limb to limb.”
Bruce Dern - John Gillon

“All I wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing... and then made me mute. Why? Tell me that. If He didn't want me to praise him with music, why implant the desire? Like a lust in my body! And then deny me the talent?”
F. Murray Abraham - Antonio Salieri

“For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee, God, for forgiveness.”
Antonio Banderas - Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan

“Bastards, they attacked us while we were at prayer. It's like Pearl Harbor.”
Robin Williams - Leslie Zevo

“Bless the maker and his water, bless the coming and going of him, may his passing cleanse the world.”
Max von Sydow - Doctor Kynes

“- Porthos: Stop praying and revel with me, Aramis! I need my spirits lifted. I'm old, I'm weak, my strength is gone.
- Aramis: Porthos! I'm praying.
- Porthos: I just said you're praying. Are you deaf, too? I know you're blind, because if you'd seen the tits that just walked out of here, you'd have tears in your eyes.”
Gérard Depardieu - Porthos
Jeremy Irons - Aramis

“God take my testicles and fry them up with bacon!”
Jeff Goldblum - Dexter King

“- Coach Bailey: Let's remember we got a game to win! Where's Taylor?
- Assistant Coach Zimmer: He's praying.
- Coach Bailey: Tell him to pray over here!”

Dennis Farina - Coach Bailey
Richard Jenkins - Assistant Coach Zimmer

“Ishtar, goddess of love, seven times seven I bow to thee. Let her enjoy this kiss.”
Elmer Clifton - The Rhapsode

“I promise I will never even think about going up in a tall building again. Oh, God. Please don't let me die.”

Bruce Willis - John McClane

“After I die, let people speak my name forever with love for what I wrote. In return, I will give You my chastity, my industry, my deepest humility, every hour of my life, Amen. And do you know what happened? A miracle!”

F. Murray Abraham - Antonio Salieri

“I'm going to put my paws together and pray that you're not serious!”

Rei Sakuma - Jiji

“You ain't gonna let me have it, are you, Lord? I'm a sinner and you're gonna fuck me.”
Robert Preston - Big Ed Bookman

“Mother Night, fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace.”
Tim Curry - Darkness

“My Lord, thou hast always moved in mysterious ways thy wonders to perform, but this latest wonder takes some beating even from you. So what we want to say is thanks a million for sending us Euphemia and Inviolata. And keep an eye on them, won't you? They need you. Amen.”
Janet Suzman - Sister Superior