"Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less."

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"Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

God, Work

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

God, Lie, Being, Reason

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

God, Atheism, Philosophy

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

God, Eyes

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

God, Humor, Performance, Being

"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

God, Gratitude, Charity

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."

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"Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."

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"The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others."

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"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."

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"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."

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"A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

Explore more quotes by Leo Rosten

"Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."

"Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."

"The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others."

"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."

"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."

"A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood."

"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight."

"Satire is focused bitterness."

"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it."

"Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented."