Top 349 Francis Quotes & Sayings

Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.

Having grown up Protestant, I was unfamiliar with St. Francis. Then I watched the movie 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon'... I just became fascinated with the character of St. Francis. What I saw in that movie was a man who had fallen in love with God, someone for whom God was everything.

[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.

Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi.

I go back to Francis Schmidt. Francis Schmidt was the Ohio State coach who hired me.

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

Having grown up Protestant, I was unfamiliar with St. Francis. Then I watched the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon... I just became fascinated with the character of St. Francis. What I saw in that movie was a man who had fallen in love with God, someone for whom God was everything.

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

Your half-caff double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.

At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir.

I have very good relations with Pope Francis. I read constantly what he says and follow his speeches. Pope Francis has come to renew the Catholic Church, and he has new air to renew the spiritual world. Now, Venezuela does not need mediation.

I did a film called 'The Escape Artist' for Francis Coppola. I had the title role.

[Pope Francis] has felt the mercy of God in his own life and wants to share that experience with others.

[Pope Francis] is 78 years old and knows that his will be a short pontificate.

Pope Francis and I went to the same school.

I love Disclosure. Dillon Francis. Bauuer. Flosstradamus. I listen to a lot of different genres.

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving.

The pope [Francis] takes his vocabulary from his pastoral experience, not from the rhetorical tool kit of liberation theology, with its Marxist yammering about "center" and "periphery." The "peripheries," for Francis, are all those who have fallen through the cracks of late-modernity and post-modernity - in his native Argentina, because of colossal corruption, political and financial.

Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.

Pope Francis also I think was really pivotal in sort of sanctioning and giving that important cosign to the opening of Cuba.

As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I'm not celibate. I was enlightened that God's call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.

I had a meeting with the producer of 'Five Easy Pieces,' which is my favorite movie. He introduced me to Francis, and I spent six months going to Napa and Buenos Aires, auditioning for Francis and doing these incredible improvisational games. It was a very bohemian audition process.

The new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is now Pope Francis the 1st. Francis was not his first choice for a name. But the Vatican wisely talked him out of Pope Boo Boo.

[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with the Russian patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.

I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.

I think what Pope Francis is saying is that nobody's perfect, you know? And so someone like Joe Biden, you know, where - you know, when he was running for president, people were - there were some bishops that were like don't let him have the Eucharist. And Pope Francis is saying that's not the point of this.

Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him.

The world has a truly historic pope in Francis.

Deborah Francis-White makes everything better in my opinion.

It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.

If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic.

I think [Pope] Francis intends to forge ahead with his reform agenda.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa, which spoiled the hell out of me.

The pope [Francis] knows that the marriage culture is in crisis throughout the world, and so is the family.

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

...Francis Galton, founder of the eugenics (master race) movement which continues today under the heading of 'population control'.

I'm a huge admirer of Pope Francis and everything he stands for. I think he's an incredibly connected spiritual and authentic being.

What’s wrong? Has Francis been rude? Then you must try to overlook it. I know you wouldn’t think so, but he is thoroughly upset by Tom Erskine’s death; and when Francis is troubled he doesn’t show it, he just goes and makes life wretched for somebody.

I think Pope Francis is our Pope Francis. I mean, the point of him is that he's a global leader, and he's trying, I think he's embracing that role.

Like I've known Francis [For Coppola] for so long I think, "Oh, Francis." And then you see his name on something with The Godfather, and you go, "Oh, yeah. He's also that." The person you knew of before you met the actual person.

I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

[Pope Francis] lashed out against what he called malevolent resistance to his reforms.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa which spoiled the hell out of me.

Pope Francis seems to be a much nicer man than Pope Benedict, but I'm not sure that his views on things that really matter are all that different. Whereas Benedict was perhaps a wolf in wolf's clothing, Francis is perhaps a wolf in sheep's clothing.

If I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much.

Pope Francis might turn out to be one of the most popular figures in the world today.

I really want to fight this big scary guy, Francis Ngannou.

I, Joseph Francis Buck, became a hair-plug addict.

Pope Francis is not the first religious leader who has endorsed evolution and the Big Bang, but he is certainly one of the most influential.

The whole world feels that it knows Francis, not so much because he follows Francis of Assisi but because he is always himself. We have seen him pay his own hotel bill and heard that Francis called Buenos Aires for a pair of ordinary black shoes, like John XXIII, who preferred stout peasant shoes to the traditional papal footwear.

I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them, but he knows also that he can escape from day to day and stay alive, and he does that because his work gives him a kick.

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

I used to be a huge fan of Francis Ford Coppola.

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.