“I became an altar boy because of the solemn face, but I got thrown out at fourteen for laughing. Because the priest used to mumble everything except the church plate takings.” FacesUsedChurchBoysLaughingThrownPriestsPlatesAltarsSolemnFourteen Author:Elvis Costello
“I'm a pretty solid Christian. But even as an altar boy, I was always asking the bigger questions--you know: if God is, in fact, good, what is all this death I see? And if God is gentle, what is all this suffering I see? I've found some of the answers in Eastern religion. It explained my Christianity to me. Good and evil are the same thing. You can't have one without the other. It's the balance, it's the temperance of things.” IfsKnowsFactsChristianSufferingEvilFoundAnswersChristianityBoysBalanceBiggerAskingGentleGood And EvilEasternAltarsTemperance Author:Tim Allen
“I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.” Has BeensWarTodayBoysHugeCatholicRaisedAltarsLeading Me Author:John F. Kerry
“I guess I'm an atheist. But I would say I have very good relationships with the priests that I grew up with. I was an altar boy growing up, and the men of God in my life have always been really lovely, intelligent, well-informed, kind men. So I feel very loyal to their beliefs as much as anything else.” MenFeelsWellsKindBeliefBoysGrowing UpGrowingHe ManGrewGrew UpIntelligentVery GoodAtheistLovelyPriestsLoyalAltarsGood RelationshipMan Of GodKind Man Author:Chris O'Dowd
“I had run away from home three times. I had been kicked out of three different schools under different circumstances. I was kicked out of everything that I didn't quit. Kicked out of schools. Kicked out of summer camp, the Boy Scouts, the altar boys, the choir, and something else that I can't think of, that I'm proud of. Anyway, that was my pattern. I just began to invent myself early in life, and went out and did something about it.” ThinkingI CanDifferentHomeRunningSchoolThreeBoysProudCircumstancesSummerPatternsQuittingCampsRunning AwayThree TimesAltarsChoirAway From HomeBoy ScoutSummer Camp Author:George Carlin
“I was an altar boy as a kid. And the answer is no.” HumorKidsFunnyAnswersBoysAltars Author:Mike Birbiglia
“To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy's vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature.” DoeLiteratureBoysPiecesMeditationThousandMassPriestsVocationAltars Book:The Priest Is Not His Own Source: The Priest Is Not His Own
“The best trick I learned was when a priest came to me when I was an altar boy and said, "Always, when you make a mistake, pretend it's ritual." It's beautiful!” SaidBeautifulMistakeBoysTricksPriestsRitualAltars Author:Ragnar Kjartansson
“I was an altar boy in the Roman Catholic Church and no priest ever laid a hand on me. That's me, always the bridesmaid.” HandsChurchBoysCatholicPriestsAltarsCatholic ChurchRoman CatholicRoman Catholic ChurchBridesmaids Author:Dana Gould
“Catholic Church reasserts its moral authority on contraception: If God believed in birth control, altar boys would have a uterus.” IfsChurchMoralBoysBirthAuthorityCatholicAltarsCatholic ChurchBirth ControlContraceptionMoral AuthorityUterus Author:Dana Gould
“I was, not an altar boy, but a reader of the Epistle, and I walked in on a nun and a priest furiously French kissing when I was in seventh grade. I walked in, saw it, and went, "No way," backed out, composed myself, and went back in, and it was still going on. And the experience of seeing that was actually very deep.” WayStillsBoysSawsSeeingReaderKissingGradesPriestsAltarsVery DeepNunSeventh GradeFrench Kiss Author:George Saunders