(53 quotes found)
“OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.”
Ambrose Bierce
“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.”
Raymond Chandler
“You should not be discouraged; one doe not die of a cold," the priest said to the bishop. The old man smiled. "I shall not die of a cold, my son. I shall die of having lived.”
Willa Sibert Cather
“I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.”
James Thomson
“Because they are having full power in many places, and especially at the national level, they are above the bishops. That cannot be tolerated by the [Roman] Catholic Church, and so they are going to lose their power. They are worried.”
Cardinal Zen
“The bishops have a good point about being concerned about that and we'd be willing to discuss it.”
Charles Carrier
“He [Bishop] played a tremendous game for them.”
Brian Boyle
“The Episcopal Church has been given special status that other denominations are not given. In some ways, when Bishop Smith acts, he's basically representing the government.”
Cynthia Brust
“By appointing their own bishops hastily and illegally, they [the Patriotic Catholic Association] tried to impose their own selection on the Vatican. This shows disregard for the spirit of the negotiation and disrupts mutual trust.”
“Bishop Smith is trying to force his theology on to these six churches.”
