"A man is a god in ruins."

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

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"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

"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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"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

God, Truth, People, Idea

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine."

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"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

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"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."

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"Gray skies are just clouds passing over."

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

"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."

"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."

"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

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"There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone."

"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."

"On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine."

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."

"People do not retire. They are retired by others."

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"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."

"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter."

"Gray skies are just clouds passing over."