“Society,--the only field where the sexes have ever met on terms of equality, the arena where character is formed and studied, the cradle and the realm of public opinion, the crucible of ideas, the world's university, at once a school and a theater, the spur and the crown of ambition, the tribunal which unmasks pretension and stamps real merit, the power that gives government leave to be, and outruns the lazy Church in fixing the moral sense of the eye.” WorldGivingIdeasRealCharacterGovernmentEyeSchoolSexTermChurchMoralOpinionSocietyFieldsMetsAmbitionTheaterUniversityMeritRealmsLazyCrownsStampsArenaPublic OpinionCradleFixingSpursPretensionCrucibleOutrunTribunals Book:Speeches, Lectures, and Letters Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.” PeopleReligionLiteratureChurchTheaterRemainsDevotionPublic Service Author:Franz Grillparzer
“We spend more time at cinemas, theaters, art galleries and theme parks than we do at churches, and they have become our new cathedrals. We can spend hours at any of these places of entertainment but if church service goes on too long we get impatient.” IfsLongArtHoursChurchGoes OnTheaterEntertainmentCinemaParksThemeMore TimeImpatientGalleryCathedralsArt GalleriesTheme ParksChurch Service Author:Michael Huffington
“The theater is the 'church' and when I'm on that stage I am the Priest/Pastor, it is a pure spiritual journey for me.” SpiritualChurchJourneyStagePureTheaterPriestsPastorSpiritual Journey Author:Richard Cabral
“Of course, ministers look upon theaters as rival attractions, and most of their hatred is born of business views. They think people ought to be driven to church by having all other places closed. In my judgment the theater has done good, while the church has done harm. The drama never has insisted upon burning anybody. Persecution is not born of the stage.” PeopleThinkingLooksDoneCoursesBornChurchViewsStageOughtDramaJudgmentHatredTheaterHarmAttractionDrivenBurningMinistersLook UpPersecutionRivals Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches.” PeopleEnoughHomeForceChurchRaceBreakArmyTheaterGentlemanSouthernSwimmingPoolTroopsBreaking DownSegregationLadies And GentlemenSwimming Pool Author:Strom Thurmond
“The churches had left me cold, but I thought there's got to be a God. I remember going out, this is in Charleston, South Carolina, and my desire then was to be a playwright, and I was studying theater, and I went out one night, late at night, and I asked, "What can God be if there is a God?" I wasn't sure there was a God, but if there is a God, what must he be? Well, he can't be a judge, who's up there just waiting for us to make a mistake so he can clap us into hell. There's got to be something more than that.” IfsWellsRememberDesireNightLeftWaitingChurchMistakeHellStudyJudgingColdLateTheaterSouthGoing OutOne NightPlaywrightCarolinaIf There Is A GodSouth CarolinaCharlestonCharleston South Carolina Author:Goswami Kriyananda
“It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance of doing the exact same thing over and over. So I really love knowing every little thing I'm going to do during a show.” MayLittlesShowsChurchKnowingProductsTheaterRaisedSignificanceLittle ThingsRitual Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs.” FeelsSchoolChurchSafeTheaterMovie TheaterNightclubs Author:Jackie Speier
“If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small theaters. You know, to me it's like a church for music. You can sit down and really give yourself to the performance and be comfortable with good surroundings and a clean, quiet atmosphere.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingLittlesBitsChurchBrotherQuietComfortableLittle BitPerformancesTheaterDown AndCleanMarketingAtmosphereMy BrotherSurroundings Author:Terry Bozzio
“We Protestants ought to humbly confess that the theater and the sports have done more for race amity, for race understanding than, on the whole, the Protestant Church in certain type, in certain parts of the nation.” DoneWholeCertainNationsSportsUnderstandingChurchRaceTypeOughtTheaterProtestantsAmity Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.” ThinkingFirstsMadeStatesAgeFatherBornChurchUnitedUnited StatesStreetsLateTheaterGrandfatherMy GrandfatherExeter Author:Paul Laffoley
“Church wealth are moving into everything-gas stations, banks, television stations, supermarket chains, hotels, steel mills, resort areas, farms, wine factories, warehouses, bottling works, printing plants, schools, theaters-everything you could conceivably think of that has nothing to do with religion, they are moving into big. They're even coming in as stockholders in the big oil companies, and the Bank of America is almost entirely owned by the Catholic Church.” ThinkingBigsSchoolAmericaMovingChurchWealthCompanyTelevisionAreasTheaterCatholicWinePlantOilChainsGasHotelStationsFarmsFactoriesSteelResortsCatholic ChurchPrintingMillsSupermarketsWarehouseOil CompaniesGas StationsBig Oil Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart.” PeopleWritingHeartChurchPrayerEventsMassTheaterLongingConstructsPlaywright Author:Marsha Norman
“I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or so people, it is time to build a new church. As soon as the congregation gets to the point where you are not on fairly intimate terms with every other person in that church, then you have become a theater where people can attend services. I do not think you can attend a church service. Service is not something which is there to be viewed as if it were a play or a movie.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsPlayTermChurchLevelsHundredTheaterIntimateOrganizedWhere You AreCongregationChurch Service Author:Charles M. Schulz