(487 quotes found)
“They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...”
Billy Joel
“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”
Anne Sexton
“St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.”
Charles M. Madigan
“The greater the sinner, the greater the saint”
English Proverb
“Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.”
Sir Walter Scott
“Saints fly only in the eyes of their disciples”
Hindu Proverb
“I know not how to tell thee who I am. My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, because it’s an enemy to thee.”
William Shakespeare
“The Knight's bones are dust, / And his good sword rust; - / His soul is with the saints, I trust.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.”
“You, mistress, That have the office opposite to Saint Peter, And keep the gate of hell!”
