Top 226 Bishop Quotes & Sayings

For Joey Bishop, always was kind of the lost soul, so I did a traffic joke.

I adore Kelly Bishop as a human being and as an actress.

The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him, and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the bishop.

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

In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop

See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. [] Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. [] Whatsoever [the bishop] shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid.

You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player!

Sometimes there was a serious article on a hot topic, and I especially remember one by a bishop headed "Is Nudity Salacious?" The bishop thought it need not be, if encountered in the proper spirit, but he gave a lot of enlightening examples of conditions under which it might be, in his word, "inflammatory." There wasn't much nudity in our neck of the woods, and I enjoyed that article tremendously.

Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank or something.

While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation.

As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.

And now I would like to give the blessing, but first - first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop blesses his people, I ask you to pray to the Lord that he will bless me: the prayer of the people asking the blessing for their Bishop.

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

A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen.

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."

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church

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

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.

Seek out your bishop. He will show you how to repent and will help you do it.

This is to be observed of the Bishop of London, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an Archbishop of Canterbury, or a Prime Minister of England. The Bishop of London sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

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

Elizabeth Bishop in particular had a big impact on me personally as well as artistically. Her insistence on clarity is something I rate very highly.

Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic [i.e., universal] church. It is not lawful either to baptize or to celebrate a love feast without the bishop, but whatever he approves of, that is also pleasing to God.

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

I don't think," he said, "that a vicar is supposed to beat a bishop to death, or even back to death." Mr. Berkeley looked down upon the remains of Bishop Bernard. "If anyone asks, we'll say he fell over," he said. "Lots of times.

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

Well, I hope your hard self enjoys flogging the bishop tonight!

That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.

When I was playing Bishop, I would always walk on set thinking, 'This is my show; this is a show all about me.'

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty.

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

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

I think that the Pope has trust in every bishop that is appointed.

People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.

One man alone had really known the sciences, namely, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln.

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

'Time's noblest offspring is the last.' This line of Bishop Berkeley's expresses the real cause of the belief in progress in the animal creation.

Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

Such events may be disbelieved or disregarded; but the charity of a bishop, Acacius of Amida, whose name might have dignified the saintly calendar, shall not be lost in oblivion.

The bishop is a lot like me...just when you think you have me, I'm already behind you.

For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and brother of all priests. His mandate is to confirm the brothers in the faith.

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.

For me, actually, being a bishop in a bishopric where there's an academic tradition gives me this fascinating, challenging, but open invitation to say, "We want you to be a scholar. We want you to go on doing this. But do it as a bishop!"

An archbishop is an ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.

If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.'

In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a kind of Protestantism that said, "If you could only get rid of the Bishop, then you'd be a true Christian".

Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church... I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said when I was with you: do not receive any outside or unknown preacher, unless he be sent by your bishop or preaches with the permission of the pope. For "how shall they preach unless they are sent [Rom 10:15]?"

At one congressional hearing, Bishop Francis Kalabat complained that administration officials are overlooking what's happening to his fellow Chaldean Christians.

Bishop, this is a full tithe and a little bit more, because that's the way we have been blessed.

Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration.

From Stansted I signed for Dagenham and went on loan to Bishop's Stortford.

To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.

A priest is sent to Alaska. A bishop goes up to visit one year later. The bishop asks, How do you like it up here? The priest says, If it wasn't for my Rosary, and 2 martinis a day, I'd be lost. Bishop, would you like a martini? Yes. Rosary, get the bishop a martini!

You might get rid of the Bishop and get to the local Ku Klux Klan leader. That, on the whole, has been the fate of certain types of Protestantism. They get under the control of a White Citizens Council while the Catholic Church has an authoritarian system, yes, in which the Bishop expresses the conscience of the whole Christian community and they say there are some things that you can't do on this matter.

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor.

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

I've had to remove all mirrors from my home. I just can't seem to look at myself without having to buff the bishop, you know?