Quotes
Quote of the Day: Hillary Rodham Clinton
By Ron Ribiat — April 28, 2014
“The miracle of loaves and fish was the first great potluck supper. It is what women do every day: we feed the multitudes.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton, a lifelong United Methodist, speaking to the convention of United Methodist Women in Louisville. She was quoted by United Methodist News Service
Quote of the Day: Evangelist Franklin Graham
By Ron Ribiat — April 25, 2014
“There’s been an ad circulating asking me to call on the NRA to support universal background checks. I want you to know that God has already done a universal background check on every one of us. He created you and knows everything about you. Nothing is hidden from His eyes.” — Evangelist Franklin Graham, in […]
Quote of the Day: Jack Jenkins
By Ron Ribiat — April 24, 2014
“God promised that God wouldn’t do this again, make the flood. But God didn’t say that we couldn’t do it to ourselves.” — Jack Jenkins, senior writer at the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative of the Center for American Progress, on how the staunch environmental message of Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” movie accords with Scripture.
Quote of the Day: The Rev. Tom Reese
By Ron Ribiat — April 23, 2014
“Thirty years from now, another pope will preside over another double canonization, that for Blessed Benedict XVI and Blessed Francis I … I will not be around to be party pooper, but if I am in heaven, I promise to organize a party for all these popes who I am sure will get a good […]
Quote of the Day: The Rev. John Stabeno of Washington Township, N.J.
By Ron Ribiat — April 21, 2014
“As a priest, the most difficult thing is … to see a casket and to see parents walking behind it.” – The Rev. John Stabeno of Washington Township, N.J., on his failed efforts to open a sober-living house for recovering addicts. He was quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Quote of the Day: British Prime Minister David Cameron
By Ron Ribiat — April 17, 2014
“I believe we should be more confident about our status as a Christian country, more ambitious about expanding the role of faith-based organisations, and, frankly, more evangelical about a faith that compels us to get out there and make a difference to people’s lives.” — British Prime Minister David Cameron
Quote of the Day: Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
By Ron Ribiat — April 16, 2014
“I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed. I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.” — former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in an interview with the New York Times about his legacy, including […]
Quote of the Day: Mindy Corporan
By Ron Ribiat — April 15, 2014
“I know that God did not do this. I know that there are evil, evil actions. But what we do have is each other, we have love and we have prayer, and we have friends and family.” — Mindy Corporan, who lost her 14-year-old son and her father in a shooting outside the Jewish Community […]
Quote of the Day: Pope Francis
By Ron Ribiat — April 14, 2014
“Woe to the bad shepherds who tend to themselves rather than their flocks.” — Pope Francis, addressing seminarians from around Rome about the dangers of “mediocrity” in the priesthood.
Quote of the Day: Brooklyn, N.Y., businessman God Gazarov
By Ron Ribiat — April 11, 2014
“It’s extremely frustrating. I worked hard to get good credit to look good to lenders and this happens.” — God Gazarov, a Brooklyn, N.Y., businessman who has sued the credit reporting agency Equifax after it rejected him because of his first name. He was quoted by the New York Post.
Quote of the Day: Gothamist.com food editor Nell Casey
By Ron Ribiat — April 9, 2014
“Should these new PR moves make you forgive and forget or does the stink of bigotry outweigh the delicious smell of waffle fries?” Gothamist.com food editor Nell Casey about plans by Chick-fil-A — whose CEO has opposed gay marriage — to open restaurants in New York City.
Quote of the Day: Carroll County (Md.) Commissioner Robin Frazier
By Ron Ribiat — March 31, 2014
“I am willing to go to jail. If we cease to believe our rights came from God, we cease to be America. And we’ve been told to ‘be careful,’ but we’re going to be careful all the way to communism and I say no to this ruling.” — Robin Frazier, a commissioner in Carroll County, Md., […]
Quote of the Day: New York Times film critic A.O. Scott
By Ron Ribiat — March 28, 2014
“‘Noah’ is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). ‘And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and only Noah remained alive, and they that were with him in the […]
Quote of the Day: President Obama
By Ron Ribiat — March 27, 2014
“His job is a little more elevated. We’re down on the ground dealing with the often profane, and he’s dealing with higher powers.” — President Obama, talking about Pope Francis after their first meeting on Thursday.
Quote of the Day: Timberlake Christian School
By Ron Ribiat — March 26, 2014
“We believe that unless Sunnie as well as her family clearly understand that God has made her female and her dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained identity, that TCS is not the best place for her future education.” — Timberlake Christian School in Forest, Va., in a letter the family of […]
