Bishops Quotes

Bishops Quote of the day

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they will?

The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun.

First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.

Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop

The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

[To the bishop who suggested the widowed queen now consider herself 'as married to Christ':] That's what I call twaddle!

With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.

one hundred percent of the bishops who oppose the repeal of anti-abortion laws are men and one hundred percent of the people who have abortions are women.

To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight.

The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have appeared well in public.

I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop.

The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.

The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

What I like about gluttony, a bishop I knew used to say, is that it doesnt hurt anyone else.

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.

Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie Foxx.

My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.

All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they are bishops.

The future belongs to he who has the bishops.

If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.

Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, — orthodoxy is my doxy, — heterodoxy is another man's doxy.

The bishops eat from my hand.

If you become a Nun, dear, The bishop Love will be; The Cupids every one, dear! Will chant-'We trust in thee!'

All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.

Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.

Troubadours have always been more important and influential than theologians and bishops

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."

I'd rather have an ape for an ancestor than a bishop.

The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the care of souls, are at the service of the people of God.

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church

It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.

Never forget that if you leave your law to judges and your religion to bishops, you will presently find yourself without either law or religion.

And many more Destructions played In this ghastly masquerade, All disguised, even to the eyes, Like Bishops, lawyers, peers, or spies.

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

Only a good bishop can be sacrificed, a bad bishop can only be lost.

"Heresy," by the way, simply means "choice." It came to mean "thoughtcrime," implying it was blasphemy to presume to choose your own belief instead of swallowing what the bishops spoonfed you.

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.