“Everybody's a nun.”
Nine Stories (1953), De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period (1952)
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Michael Palin (1943) British comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
This was a comment made about picketing of the film Monty Python's Life of Brian http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/29/holyflying.shtml but there is no reason to attribute it to Michael Palin. <br class="br">Misattributed
“I make rude gestures at nuns”
Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
Variant: I kick kittens. I made rude gestures at nuns.
Source: City of Ashes
Anne Hathaway (1982) American actress
Source: "Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/anne-hathaway-wanted-to-be-a-nun-2343678.html. The Independent. (August 25, 2011).
“Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.”
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
“I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum.”
Dennis Lehane book A Drink Before the War
Source: A Drink Before the War (1994), Ch. 2.
“Nun 1: Sir, it is only a play… with music. Do not distress yourself.”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
The Baby of Mâcon
“Nun 2: (Very quietly) Sir, be grateful for the music. Most of us die in silence.”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
The Baby of Mâcon
“I tried to kill it in my bed,
I gagged it with a pillow,
But awoke the nuns inside my head.”
Nick Cave (1957) Australian musician
Song lyrics, Prayers on Fire (1981), Just You and Me