Anne Lamott Quotes

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.

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

On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

I was raised Catholic, and I can get incredibly guilty about mistakes.

I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything.

Jesus is just a word I use to swear with.

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

Alcohol is the cause of all my problems.

I had a drinking problem. Right now I should be in a bar in Texas, not the Oval Office. There is only one reason that I am in the Oval Office and not in a bar. I found faith. I found God. I am here because of the power of prayer.

Do not concern yourself with politics and the world; your job is to connect the hearts to God.

When I was a child, I was raised Catholic. Somewhere, I didn't fit with the saints and holy men. I discovered the monsters - in Boris Karloff, I saw a beautiful, innocent creature in a state of grace, sacrificed by sins he did not commit.

Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.

I was raised Catholic, so guilt shackles you from acting like a complete fool all the time.

I'd grown up very Catholic, parochial school, and Warlock was a way of working a lot of things out.

I never went to church. The priests couldn't scare me with all that crap about hell, but somehow I knew, inside of me somehow, I knew that I'd pay for it.

Trust me, people that know me know I ain't perfect, but I do try to live my life in a way that hopefully can be pleasing to my maker because I know I'm going to meet Him one day, and He's not going to pat me on the back and talk about how many wins I had or how many Coach of the Year trophies we got or how much money I made.

I didn't realise how devastating my behavior could be - looking back, I'm very embarrassed. I just buckled under the anxiety.

I don't like the feeling of 'I didn't do enough.'

At the end of the day, I always maintain you can substitute 'The Book of Mormon' for 'The Bible: The Musical' or 'The Quran: The Musical.'

When I get out, I get annoyed with myself.

Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening.

Religion is bad and drugs are good.

Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.