“ The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is woman being treated either as a Madonna or a Mary Magdalene. ”
- Shirley Williams- Copy
- 1.6K
“ There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance. ”
- St. Bridget of Sweden- Copy
- 3.2K
“ It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward all their lives. ”
- Jill Ruckelshaus- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Dawn Wells, who is Mary-Ann, has a cookbook out, which is really a lot of fun. It's got thirteen coconut cream pie recipes. ”
- Bob Denver- Copy
- 212
“ When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge. ”
- Helen Hayes- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella-no matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye. ”
- Jean Kerr- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Ted Kennedy is endorsing John Kerry and I'm wondering, do you really want the endorsement of a guy with a Bloody Mary mustache? ”
- David Letterman- Copy
- 1.3K
“ All you can do is to say three Hail Marys and three Our Fathers and throw the letters in. God will play a larger role in this than a lawyer. ”
- Michael Maggio- Copy
- 3.1K
“ If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator, Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age. ”
- Charles Pierce- Copy
- 3.5K
“ If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said "No.". ”
- Margaret ‘Stevie’ Smith- Copy
- 2.8K
“ My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never. ”
- Jack Benny- Copy
- 1K
“ Did I ever tell you about a nasty habit that flight attendants pick up on the job? We learn to always keep smiling, even when we're out of Bloody Mary Mix. ”
- Eric Wald- Copy
- 3.4K
“ If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. ”
- Margaret Atwood- Copy
- 668
“ I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother. ”
- Martin Sheen- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her? ”
- Bernard Berenson- Copy
- 3.8K
“ People named John and Mary never divorce. For better or for worse, in madness and in saneness, they seem bound together for eternity by their rudimentary nomenclature. They may loathe and despise one another, quarrel, weep, and commit mayhem, but they are not free to divorce… ”
- John Cheever- Copy
- 536
“ What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born. ”
- Meister Eckhart- Copy
- 74
“ E M Forster was like a tea cozy, but I quite liked him. I was at a wedding party with him once, sitting opposite Queen Mary. I asked if he would like to be presented. Good Lord, he said. I thought it was the wedding cake. ”
- Ronald Duncan- Copy
- 865
“ What are you trying to protect heterosexual marriages from? There isn't a limited amount of love in Iowa. It isn't a non-renewable resource. If Amy and Barbara or Mike and Steve love each other, it doesn't mean that John and Mary can't. ”
- Ed Fallon- Copy
- 1.5K
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