Publican Quotes

My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love. (Anthony Browne)
Well, I must say that the first man who threw peas at me was a publican.. View quote
William McGonagall
I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was Max, too. Big Max. View quote
Max Walker
All apartments are eligible as I ever heard tell of, just as all shopkeepers, barring that publican next door, are respectable. View quote
Henry Savile Clarke
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied before you, lest the murderer seize the blessing first, or the publican or the fornicator, or any of these violent ones who take the Kingdom of heaven by force (cf. Mt. 11:12). For it suffers violence willingly, and is tyrannized over through goodness. View quote
Gregory of Nazianzus