J. C. Watts Quotes

From my youngest days, I always felt certain affinities with the idea of being a preacher.

I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!

And I was very interested in the priesthood.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

I am very much looking forward to being a parish priest.

Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.

When I was a little kid going to Methodist church, I actually envisioned one day that I would become a minister but I never pursed that.

I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.

Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric!

I'm really passionate about God and religion, and I thought maybe I'm supposed to be a pastor.

Yes I did study to be a preacher, but I didn't finish.

I wanted to be a priest when I was a kid.

No, I've never truly been a minister.

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I would be a pastor.

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

I will be a priest forever.

I was being trained because I wanted to be a preacher like my father. I wanted to talk about Moses; I wanted to talk about God... I wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that.

I wanted to be a priest when I was really young.

As a senior in high school, I had a strong sense that God wanted me in some kind of ministry.

When I meet pastors, I'm not like, 'Hey, you should go out there and be a rapper.' Because for so many of us, I think it would just pull us away from our congregations too much to be able to serve them like we should.

My dad was a pastor, so we were in church all the time.

My father was a minister, so I was raised in the church.

I always say to young fellows who consult me about the ministry, "Don't be a minister if you can help it," because if the man can help it, God never called him. But if he cannot help it, and he must preach or die, then he is the man.