Clarence Thomas Quotes

And I was very interested in the priesthood.

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college.

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

My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.

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

I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

I will be a priest forever.

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

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude.

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

Hey, I was raised in the church. I was an altar boy and a choir member. I almost became a priest - until common sense grabbed hold of me.

I grew up very Catholic. I wanted 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 was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic... I'm very faithful.

I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for four years, from eleven to fourteen, and trained to be a Catholic priest. So I was very steeped in all that.

In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality.

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

Then my extended family, there are preachers and evangelists, former priests. So I have quite a bit of history with Church, religion and spirituality.

The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application.

Every kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day.

I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.