"Too many people are looking at this instead of looking at ME!"
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.
"I believe in two things; discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord. Your ass belongs to me."
— Warden Norton, The Shawshank Redemption
Rev. Septimus Harding: I have listened to the word of Obadiah Slope. More important, I have listened to the music of his soul, and I found the melody somewhat tasteless.
Mary Bold: But you must consider the possibility that you misunderstand him.
Harding: Yes. And you must consider the possibility that I understand him TOTALLY!
Mary Bold: But you must consider the possibility that you misunderstand him.
Harding: Yes. And you must consider the possibility that I understand him TOTALLY!
— The Barchester Chronicles ("The Warden")
"What can I say? I work in some pretty mysterious ways. (stabs Molly in the gut) And also some fairly straightforward ones."
— Caleb, Buffy the Vampire Slayer ("Dirty Girls")
"The Lord forgives everything, but I'm just a prophet... so I don't have to. Amen."
— Father Zachary Hale Comstock, Bioshock Infinite
"Ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. For thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. DIE, FUCKERS!!!"
— Sarah Newlin, True Blood
Those who appear holiest to men are often the more corrupted in the sight of God. The Fallen clergyman makes a real effort to seem as pious and virtuous as possible; the contrast between his pristine exterior and the deeds he performs in secret makes his corruption that much more horrible.
"O forlorn disciples, ye who the things of God, which ought to be the bridges of holiness, rapaciously for silver and gold do prostitute, for you the trumpet sound, because in this [Hell] ye abide."
— Inferno, Canto XIX
My vow of poverty has made me rich, my vow of obedience has made me a lord. My vow of chastity? Ah...
— Abbot, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Career Compendium - The Ultimate Career Reference
"Oh yeah. The Rev. A heavyweight—sending off vibes like crazy. Crazy vibes. Like a psycho, con and holy man all mixed into one."
— The Punisher on The Rev, The Punisher
Friar Tuck: Gold. You've sold your soul to Satan, Your Grace. You accused innocent men of witchcraft and left them to die!
Bishop of Hereford: Brother Friar, you would not strike a fellow man of the cloth?
Friar Tuck: No, no, I wouldn't. In fact, I'll help you pack for your journey. (fills his arms with sacks of gold) You're going to need lots of gold to help you on your way - you're a very rich man, eh? This too, and that! Here's thirty pieces of silver, to pay the Devil... ON YOUR WAY TO HELL! (pushes the Bishop out of a window)
Bishop of Hereford: Brother Friar, you would not strike a fellow man of the cloth?
Friar Tuck: No, no, I wouldn't. In fact, I'll help you pack for your journey. (fills his arms with sacks of gold) You're going to need lots of gold to help you on your way - you're a very rich man, eh? This too, and that! Here's thirty pieces of silver, to pay the Devil... ON YOUR WAY TO HELL! (pushes the Bishop out of a window)
Won't find me practicing what I'm preaching
Won't find me making no sacrifice
But I can get you a pocketful of miracles
If you promise to be good, try to be nice
God will take good care of you
Well, just do as I say; don't do as I do
Won't find me making no sacrifice
But I can get you a pocketful of miracles
If you promise to be good, try to be nice
God will take good care of you
Well, just do as I say; don't do as I do
— Genesis, "Jesus He Knows Me"
[Jerry] Falwell, who purports to do the Lord's work, is plainly doing Reagan's. They want to kill sanctions legislation and to rehabilitate the government of South Africa. It is such uphill work it is no wonder that they have been driven to excesses.
— Mary McGrory, 1985
Friar Tuck: We must do what we can to save Nottingham.
Sir Ector: (opens the friar's bag, revealing a voodoo doll and the satanic verses) I, er... I hope you don't go in for any of that black magic.
Friar Tuck: Jesus died for our sins. Hee hee hee! One more won't hurt! (he continues to laugh as he reaches for the Grimoire of the dark arts)
Little Sister: Oooh! You put that back!
Friar Tuck: Aww, Little Sister. Hee hee hee! Your deliverance is about to come.
Sir Ector: (opens the friar's bag, revealing a voodoo doll and the satanic verses) I, er... I hope you don't go in for any of that black magic.
Friar Tuck: Jesus died for our sins. Hee hee hee! One more won't hurt! (he continues to laugh as he reaches for the Grimoire of the dark arts)
Little Sister: Oooh! You put that back!
Friar Tuck: Aww, Little Sister. Hee hee hee! Your deliverance is about to come.
Saul: With all the evil you've done, I dare say you've lost the right to call yourself a bishop.
Orlo: Evil? I am simply living as I like. All deeds are righteous if done in the name of the gods. Very convenient, don't you think?
Saul: You're a disgrace to the church... Punishment awaits you!
Orlo: Evil? I am simply living as I like. All deeds are righteous if done in the name of the gods. Very convenient, don't you think?
Saul: You're a disgrace to the church... Punishment awaits you!
"He talks an awful lot about God and the Devil, but my mama always said the Devil can quote the good book as well as any angel. And Elias is as close to the Devil as I wanna get."
— Griselda Barry on Pastor Elias Hillington, All the Sinners Bleed
