Catholic Guilt Quotes:

For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

- Therese of Lisieux

topic: Prayer, Heart, Acceptance, Catholic Guilt

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

- Brendan Behan

source: "Brendan Behan, Interviews and Recollections". Book by E. H. Mikhail, Vol. 2 (p. 186), 1982.

topic: Respect, Cynical, Wonderful, Lack Of Respect, Catholic Guilt

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

- Edna O'Brien

topic: Long, Catholic, Guilt, Catholic Guilt, Iceberg

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

- Bono

topic: Stars, Rocks, Catholic, Catholic Guilt

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

- Edward Burns

source: FaceBook post by Edward Burns from Sep 12, 2011

topic: Reality, Catholic, Suffering, Catholic Guilt, Happy Things

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

- Oliver Herford

topic: Bagpipes, Jokes, Catholic Guilt, Funny Irish

St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.

- Charles Madigan

source: "Patrick,we Hardly Knew Ye". articles.chicagotribune.com. March 14, 1997.

topic: Beer, Opportunity, Acting, Irish Beer, Catholic Guilt

I think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.

- Guillermo del Toro

source: Source: hollywoodchicago.com

topic: Strong, Powerful, Thinking, Catholic Guilt, Really Powerful

Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I cant say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if I dont do it, it plagues me.

- Bradley Cooper

topic: Catholic, Guilt, Favors, Catholic Guilt

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.

- Jack White

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Nice, Catholic, Guilt, Catholic Guilt

I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.

- Jack White

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Growing Up, Hipster, Thinking, Catholic Guilt

It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it

- Christopher Meloni

topic: Cutting, Catholic, Guilt, Catholic Guilt, Lumps