Stephen Adly Guirgis Quotes

I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.'

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I will always feel the weight of a lie. I'm very hard on myself anyway. Religious guilt carries over too. You can't really misbehave without feeling badly about it. At least, I can't.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.

I was raised as a Catholic, but I got up to go to church because I thought I'd be hit by a bolt of lightning if I didn't.

I'm a good Catholic boy.

I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.

I was raised with fear of God, guilt over Jesus, and terror of the Devil.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.

I grew up in a very Catholic household. We were pretty conservative.

I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.

I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us.

Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system. And to suggest that I can somehow separate and divorce that from the rest of me is not possible.

My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.

I was born and raised a Christian, and I still adhere to those principles.

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who gave the easiest penance - usually a few Our Fathers and Hail Marys. We confessed in private, prayed our penance and our souls were clean.