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The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.

Matthew Henry

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Anita Brookner

English novelist and art historian (1928-2016)

The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.

Benito Mussolini

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

George Orwell

I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that’s not who we are.

Donnie Wahlberg

American musician and actor

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pepinieriste and inventor

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Samuel Beckett

But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth.

Tim LaHaye

I am very proud of The Saints and I’m very glad that I’ve been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record… has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head’s at.

Chris Bailey

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

English writer and critic

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