“Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.” ThinkingAbleWantedPleaseMy FamilyCatholicUniversityPriestsCatholic Education Author:Danny Pudi
“Philip could not have wanted to annex England militarily, since this would have opened another costly occupation struggle, and brought France in against him. He might, however, neutralize Elizabth by supporting her internal Catholic enemies, even provoking civil war.” WarMightWantedEnemyStruggleEnglandCatholicFranceCivil WarInternalsOccupationProvokingPhilip Book:Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World Source: Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World
“Catholic school gave me the tools to reject the very religion they wanted me to have. They taught me how to think for myself and to be independent.” ThinkingWantedSchoolTaughtToolsIndependentCatholicRejectsCatholic School Author:George Carlin
“I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance to the flag, I don't think I would do it. I've always felt that I lived in a country...where if I wanted to worship God as a Baptist, I could do so. If I were an atheist, I could be one. If I wanted to be a Catholic but was born a Jew, there's no condemnation...from a government authority.” IfsThinkingCountryGovernmentWantedLawFeltBornAuthorityWorshipCatholicAtheistJewFlagsPledgeAllegianceBaptistsCondemnationWorship GodGreat Respect Author:Jimmy Carter
“I grew up very Catholic. I wanted to be a priest.” WantedGrewGrew UpCatholicPriests Author:Kurt Braunohler
“I think just the above things. I think I wanted to learn from both cultures. So, I think the music is a little more reflective of the... Catholic culture but the theology, obviously, is much more Reformational.” ThinkingLittlesWantedCultureMusic IsCatholicTheology Author:Keith Getty
“I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beautiful, fantastic people.” PeopleWantedSchoolBeautifulGrowing UpSawsGrowingCatholicFantasticNunSuperstarSuperhumanCatholic School Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time, to say high Anglo-Catholic would be a real English understatement.” FirstsRealWould BeWantedSchoolDecidedCatholicBizarrePrepsUnderstatement Author:John Hurt
“I didn't have a clue. I grew up Protestant in Connecticut at the Saugatuck Congregational Church. We didn't talk about the devil. That's Catholicism. And so, that was my safety net. And I always say, it's probably a good thing they didn't hire a Catholic child, who may have heard about the devil, the things that were in the closet. And no one wanted to discuss them.” MayChildrenWantedChurchHeardGrewGrew UpDevilCatholicSafetyGood ThingsCatholicismClosetsClueProtestantsSafety NetConnecticut Author:Linda Blair
“Like most Catholic boys, I wanted to be Jesus Christ. I could never get the turn-the-other-cheek thing down, though.” WantedTurnsJesusChristBoysJesus ChristCatholicCheeksTurn The Other Cheek Author:Jim Carrey
“I am a Catholic. I can't say that without pointing out that I oppose abortion with all my heart and soul. Bill Clinton wanted them safe and rare. Barack Obama is heartsick that so many people he knows have had abortions. But we're all pro-choice and believe in reproductive freedom and oppose the Republicans' War on Women.” PeopleKnowsBelieveHeartI CanWarSoulWantedChoicesMy HeartRepublicanSafeCatholicBillsClintonBarackAbortionPointingHeart And Soul Author:Joe Biden
“I grew up as this little Catholic girl who just wanted to make beautiful things. I expressed myself with paint.” LittlesWantedBeautifulGirlGrewGrew UpCatholicPaintBeautiful Things Author:Mary GrandPre
“I thought Daredevil was kind of cool because he couldn't do anything. I mean, he's blind. It wasn't that he could fly. His major power was an impediment. So I was intrigued. When I took over he was kind of like Spider-Man-lite, but I was able to project a lot of my Catholic imagery onto it. And I'd always wanted to do a crime comic.” MenKindMeanAbleWantedCrimeProjectsMajorsCatholicBlindComicSpidersImageryIntriguedImpedimentsSpider ManDaredevilSpeech Impediment Author:Frank Miller
“I felt that the Church was the Church of the poor,... but at the same time, I felt that it did not set its face against a social order which made so much charity in the present sense of the word necessary. I felt that charity was a word to choke over. Who wanted charity? And it was not just human pride but a strong sense of man's dignity and worth, and what was due to him in justice, that made me resent, rather than feel pround of so mighty a sum total of Catholic institutions.” MenFeelsHumansMadeWantedFacesOrderStrongSocialFeltChurchJusticePoorPrideDignityCatholicInstitutionsCharityDuesChokeResentSocial Order Author:Dorothy Day
“We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's apostles as authorities, who did not themselves of their own wills choose anything of what they wanted to believe, but faithfully transmitted to the nations, the teachings of Christ.” BelieveWantedNationsChristTeachingAuthorityCatholicCatholicismApostlesSeville Author:Isidore of Seville
“Different men have different names, which they owe to their parents or to themselves, that is, to their own pursuits and achievements. But our great pursuit, the great name we wanted, was to be Christians, to be called Christians.” MenDifferentWantedChristianNamesParentAchievementCatholicPursuitDifferent Names Author:Gregory of Nazianzus