Connie Willis Quotes

I believe religion is important for every person.

Religion has a good place and it has its good people.

I'm a Christian, but I don't believe in religion or anything like that.

I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church.

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Religions get lost as people do.

Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin' hymns is a great thing to do.

I do believe in God. I was raised Catholic. For me, personally, I was always very thoughtful about projects that I chose for myself.

When I didn't go to church during my first two years in the NFL, I didn't know how it would impact me as a person. It was hard to go six or seven months without church.

Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.

I didn't have a curfew and always slept at friends' houses, but on Sundays, Mom dragged me to church. It was the best thing she did for me. I was moved just to be there and to feel God had a plan for me.

My religion means so much to me and to my career. It helps me so much.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love.

There's good things about going to church.

My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.

I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.

My religion lies in my composition.

I believe that gospel is more than just a sound, it's a way of life. I don't really have any shame to talk about spirituality in my music. A lot of your favorite soul songs started out in gospel.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

I've always had God, but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking, a place where I can think about being a better person.