Cristela Alonzo Quotes

I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we had assembled for so many years; and apart from that reason I hold it dear because it is associated in my memory with my mother.

My mom is very religious - Catholic - and from a young age they brought me to the church.

When I was young, I was religious.

My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

I alone, as the sharer of their way of life, presented a replica of childhood.

I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it.

My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.

My family is very religious.

For as long as I can remember, my mother went to church every single Sunday. She was born and raised in Romania as a person with limited means, and faith was something she could rely on - something that was free.

While I'm Jewish, the Hasidic world is still foreign to me. But I do understand some of the ideas of tradition and family and faith of our shared culture.

A lot of people who come to my restaurant bring their parents over because it brings back good memories.

The closest thing to religion our family had was worshipping The Beatles.

I grew up listening to everybody.

I respect religious rules. I am a true God-fearing Hindu.

Mom was always very, very religious.

When I turned 18, my mom, my nana and I all went and had tattoos of our favorite Bible verses put on the inside of our wrists. Mine is 1st Timothy, 4:12.

It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel.

I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly.

I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.

We went to church twice a week. My parents were employed in ministry; we prayed before dinner. We rollerbladed in the summer. We were allowed to watch the 'Simpsons.' I fought with my younger brother over Legos.

I grew up in a household that had its roots in church and community and culture and poetry and song and in the arts. Those aspects certainly shaped what I do.

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

My mom still lives in Denver and some of my brothers are still in the area, so I still have strong ties there.

I come from a good family. I come from a faith-based family.

My father was very outwardly religious.