Quotes about Mormons

Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers? Votes: 6

Nobody realizes that Mormons were the first Americans to settle Las Vegas. Votes: 6

I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. Votes: 6

It is useful to compare the Branch Davidians with the Mormons of the mid-nineteenth century. The Mormons were vilified in those years in large part because Joseph Smith believed in polygamy. Votes: 6

Our post-denominational age should be the perfect time for a Mormon to become president, or at least the Republican nominee. Mormons share nearly all the conservative commitments so beloved of the evangelicals who wield disproportionate influence in primary elections. Votes: 6

I find Mormons adorable. Votes: 4

I hate BYU. There are a lot of Mormons that don't like BYU. Votes: 4

I think Mormons are good, moral people, but they're not part of Christianity. Votes: 4

Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do? Votes: 4

In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second. Votes: 4

Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion. Votes: 4

Traditional Christians cannot conceive of God as Mormons do: a God who has a wife, who invites other human beings to become gods with him. Votes: 4

Mitt Romney is a true Mormon. John Edwards and Bill Clinton are not real Mormons. It was not 'Brigham Young' they were chanting. It was 'Bring 'em young.' Votes: 4

That was a misconception among a lot of people - that Mormons are polygamist. No, they're not. I mean they obviously have that in their history, and there are some fundamentalists. Votes: 4

Mormons are an extraordinarily educated and professional population. They have all these virtues: They work hard, don't skip school, have no scandals. Consequently, you find them in a lot of consequential places. Votes: 4

Mormonism is not historic Christianity. When people say, 'Well, Mormons and Christians all believe the same things,' my response is, 'If that's true, why are they always on my front doorstep trying to convert me?' Votes: 4

Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command. Votes: 4

Being raised as an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Mormons, I became an Eagle scout, and after graduating high school, I went on a full-time church mission to the West Indies for 2 years. Votes: 4

We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption. Votes: 4

The Mormons' passage from bugbears of the Republican Party to its stalwarts may be analogized to a similar move among middle-class white Southerners, to whom the Republican Party was anathema until the 1970s and '80s, after which it became almost the sole representative. Votes: 4

Utah may well be the most cosmopolitan state in America. Vast numbers of young Mormons - increasingly women as well as men - spend a couple of years abroad as missionaries and return jabbering in Thai or Portuguese and bearing a wealth of international experience. Votes: 4

If you ever go to Temple Square in Salt Lake City, if you stay there long enough, you'll see a homeless person standing in the middle of their nice, beautiful square, holding out a cup for change. And the Mormons don't ever ask him to leave. Votes: 4

The Mormons are very smart people. I know many Mormons. Votes: 3

Mormons know that its not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion. Votes: 3

First of all, with Mitt Romney, I was saying to the Mormons - the Mormons are very smart people. Votes: 3

It's a very common belief [among Mormons] that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the Church will save it. Votes: 3

I find Mormons adorable. I love Disneyland and old musicals, and, to me, Mormonism fits right in with all of that. Votes: 3

The Mormons make the marriage ring, like the ring of Saturn, fluid, not solid, and keep it in its place by numerous satellites. Votes: 3

I have two nexuses of sadness about the Mormon Church. The first is the effect the Church's position on homosexuality has on Mormons. Votes: 3

We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true Mormons. Votes: 3

We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true Mormons. Votes: 3

I don't think Mitt Romney is a smart person. I never have thought he was a smart person. But the Mormons are very smart people. Votes: 3

We will keep a commitment to pluralism and not discriminate for or against Methodist or Mormons or Muslims or good people with no faith at all. Votes: 3

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding. Votes: 3

Does not-your boyfriend realize I'm Mormon?"I nod. "It turns out, Holder doesn't have an issue with Mormons at all. He just has an issue with assholes. Votes: 3

People like the Mormons and the Scientologists, who I think should combine and make a Mormontologist because what they believe is just so out there it's just laughable. Votes: 3

Mitt Romney is a true Mormon. John Edwards and Bill Clinton are not real Mormons. It was not 'Brigham Young' they were chanting. It was 'Bring 'em young. Votes: 3

It's a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ... We seem more normal. We're not as exotic. Votes: 3

I went to Salt Lake City and the Mormons tried to convert me, but when I found they forbade tea and tobacco I thought it was no religion for me. Votes: 3

When I think of the gold-diggers and the Mormons, the slaves and the slave-holders and the flibustiers, I naturally dream of a glorious private life. No, I am not patriotic. Votes: 3

The Mormons even baptized Anne Frank. It took Ernest Michel, then chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, three years to get Mormons to agree to stop proxy-baptizing Holocaust victims. Votes: 3

Muslims want the whole world to be Muslim. Christians want the whole world to be Christian. Catholics, Protestants, Mormons. They're all the same. Far out, right? Everyone wants the world to be like them. Votes: 3

I really feel that the Church leaders have blood on their hands. I feel that there are gay Mormons who have committed suicide or whose lives have been destroyed because of the attitude of the Church. Votes: 3

We, Catholics, share many of the moral guidelines of Mormons, the difference is you guys take it seriously. When the church says something we don't agree with we say, "Oh don't be so crazy." We just laugh it off. Votes: 3

My career isn't gonna screetch to a halt because some guy in Westbury filmed ten minutes of the show. "Well, we were gonna give you the sitcom but saw that bit you did about the Mormons in Westbury, so get outta here." Votes: 3

See it's easy as cake, simple as whistling Dixie While I'm waving the pistol at sixty Christians against me Go to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholics In holy water, no wonder they tried to hold me under longer. Votes: 3

You won't be surprised to know, therefore, that the Mormons and the Jehovah's Witnesses are the same organisation at the top level where the Elders of the Mormons and the leaders of the Watchtower Society operate a very different agenda to the one their followers believe. Votes: 3

In 1847, two years before the greedy rush for gold began in California, the Mormons quietly began irrigating Utah's Salt Lake Valley. In a sense, they were the first American irrigators of any significance. And their knowledge about the art of applying water to land has spread throughout the world. Votes: 3

The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God. Votes: 2

There are very close ties between the Jewish and Mormon people. Votes: 2

My good friends are Mormon, some of the best people I know. Votes: 2

I don't think Arizonans are interested in having the Mormon religion dictate public policy to them. Votes: 2

From the Book of Mormon, we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war. Votes: 2

Reading the Book of Mormon is one of the greatest persuaders to get men on missions. Votes: 2

I never thought Oregon would elect to the U.S. Senate a Mormon, but it did. Votes: 2

Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none. Votes: 2

The Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false doctrines and lays down contention. Votes: 2

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up. Votes: 2

I challenge the homes of Israel to display on their walls great quotations and scenes from the Book of Mormon. Votes: 2

The first choral music I remember hearing was Handel's 'Messiah' when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast it over the radio. Votes: 2

On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message. Votes: 2

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over. Votes: 2

Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful. Votes: 2

The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors spread that its founder, Joseph Smith, had taken up the practice of polygamy. While denying the charge in public, by 1843 Smith had shared a revelation with his closest disciples. Votes: 2

Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on your faith. And because the Democratic Party was taken over by the aggressive secular guys, they became hostile not just to conservative Catholics and evangelical Christians, but Orthodox Jews and Muslims and Mormons. Votes: 2

I'm trying to write a TV show. Ideally it would be just a reality-TV show, getting the guy who played Eddie Winslow and Kirk Cameron to live in a house. The Jehovah's Witnesses would come to the house a lot or something like that. I kind of like the idea of Scientologists and Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses trying to convert Kirk Cameron. Votes: 2