“I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious.” PeopleStillsSeemsReligiousStruggleAtheistBad ThingsWeird ThingsOffending Author:Patton Oswalt
“The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion - others pray in church. It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you. It's like falling in love.” PeopleArtHumanityFallPassionChurchReligiousCommonPrayingMessagesArt IsFalling In LoveBelieverBanalityCommon HumanityPassion For Art Author:Francois Pinault
“I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I've done very well!” PeopleWellsStillsReasonDoneStoriesJobsAmericaReligiousEconomicGenderGoldenParisImmigrantsGood JobFleece Author:Jacques Pepin
“Most people who came here came for economic reasons or sometimes for religious or political reasons. I didn't have any of this. I came here, I liked it, I stayed. So I'm a pure American - even more than people who are born here - because I did it by choice as an adult.” PeopleSometimesReasonPoliticalChoicesBornReligiousEconomicPureAdults Author:Jacques Pepin
“I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private about it. She - when I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. So I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.” PeopleMotherChurchReligiousKnownGrowing UpIssuesGrowingBelieverBackgroundsFlamboyantPersonal Issues Author:Michael Shannon
“The Roman Curia has its defects, but it seems to me that people often overemphasize its defects and talk too little about the health of the many religious and laypeople who work there.” PeopleLittlesSeemsReligiousDefects Author:Pope Francis
“Meditation essentially means having a great time. Some people have applied a sense or a feeling to the meditative experience, such that, meditation has become a quantifiable religious experience, which means it's not any fun!” PeopleInspirationalMeanFeelingsFunReligiousMeditationBuddhismGreat TimesReligious Experience Author:Frederick Lenz