Dino De Laurentiis Quotes

I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.

My pope is Benedict.

What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.

I'm going to become the Pope next year. Nothing is impossible.

He spoke like a professor and forgot that he had since become Pope.

When the venerable pontiff's hour has come, a Roman of good age shall be elected, of whom it will be said that he dishonored his throne though he held it long, with virtuous acts.

I think that the Pope has trust in every bishop that is appointed.

I'm a huge admirer of Pope Francis and everything he stands for. I think he's an incredibly connected spiritual and authentic being.

You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

I see the work the pope has to do. It is a huge responsibility. Nobody campaigns for it.

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.

It is particularly moving, and I can say this also as a Protestant Christian, that a German - one of us - has been made Pope.

Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.

I actually thought Pope Paul VI was the most tragic figure in the modern church, like Lyndon Johnson was a very tragic figure in politics in some ways.

But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got to be pope and which is of very little use to anybody.

The Cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble labourer in the vineyard of the Lord. The fact that the Lord knows how to work and to act even with inadequate instruments comforts me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

Around the globe, millions more are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Pope John Paul II .Could any other world leader have drawn so many people to one place?

[Pope Francis] is a humble man. He lives the faith out in his own personal life. ... He's here to be a shepherd; he isn't here to be a scold. I think that's a good thing for the church and for the world, frankly.

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

Out of the Roman States there is no country where I am Pope except the United States.

[Joseph Ratzinger] is a man who as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had everything in his hands. He conducted all the investigations, and went on, went on, went on, until he couldn't go any further in the execution.