Quotes of the Week - May 20, 2008:
"I wish for the recovery of my daughter Kerstin, the love of my children,
the protection of my family and for people with heart and compassion."
-- Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman kept as sex slave by her father
for 24 years thanks people for their support in a handwritten message
on notice board in square of her home town.
"No foreigners allowed." -- Burmese police officer stops aid
workers from entering cyclone-stricken communities in Irrawaddy Delta.
"My wife wouldn't let me retire. She kicks me out of the door at
7am every morning. She's quite a formidable person." -- Sir Alex
Ferguson after his team Manchester United won Premier League title.
"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
-- US President George Bush explains why he quite the game in 2003.
Topic: God Quotes - Famous God Quotes,
Quotations, Sayings about God
You're everywhere. You're omnivorous. Homer Simpson, to God
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just
wish that He didn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa
God is dead - Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead - God Anonymous Griffiti found on college campuses and
restroom walls.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed
us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo
their use. Galileo Galilei
You know, I rather like this God fellow. Very theatrical, you
know. Pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence... gotta
get me some of that. Stewie Griffin Baby character in animated TV series 'Family
Guy'.
I don't believe in God. My mother was devout and so is my wife.
But I have the intellectual arrogance that makes it very hard
to believe in him. I don't have the gift of faith. I remember
at school I used to make up sins at confession - what we were
told were sins by priests were not sins at all. Terry Wogan
At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. Albert Einstein
I could prove God statistically. George Gallop
I think if you have faith about these things then you realize
that judgment is made by other people … If you believe
in God, it's made by God as well. The only way you can make
a decision like that is to try to do the right things, according
to your conscience and, for the rest of it, you leave it to
the judgment that history will make. Tony Blair Saying he will be judged by God and history
on the war in Iraq, March 2006.
God will not accept that. Mine won't. Will yours? Rock musician Bono Telling George W Bush it is unjust to keep
poor people from selling their goods while singing the virtues
of the free market.
God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists
in Afghanistan", and I did. And then God would tell me,
"George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq", and I did. George W Bush Reportedly explaining his motivation for
the invasion of Iraq.
Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday. Woody Allen
I love God. He's so deliciously evil. Stewie Griffin Baby character in animated TV series 'Family
Guy'.
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his
ability. Oscar Wilde
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows
through. Paul Valery
The gods too are fond of a joke. Aristotle
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Voltaire
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers,
grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun,
how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch
souls. Mother Teresa
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light,
not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves,
'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?'
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your
playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within
us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when
we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own
fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson
Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. Friedrich von Schiller
I'm not normally a religious man, but... if you're up there,
save me, Superman! Homer Simpson
As God once said, and I think rightly… Margaret Thatcher
If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? Art Hoppe
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue
caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? Woody Allen
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave
God?" George Deacon
God has no religion. Mahatma Gandhi
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent
him. Voltaire
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for
the ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Winston Churchill
I dislike blasphemy on purely rational grounds. If there is
no God, blasphemy is stupid and unnecessary; if there is, then
it's damned dangerous. Flann O'Brien
And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but
the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday
to be connected. Spike Milligan
God is love, but get it in writing. Gypsy Rose Lee
Adam was the luckiest man in the world. He had no mother-in-law. Sholom Aleichem
I hear Glenn Hoddle has found God. That must have been one hell
of a pass. Bob Davies
I don't pray because I don't want to bore God. Orson Welles
As the post said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because
it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. Woody Allen
I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over,
He would have put diamonds on the floor. Joan Rivers
No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long
as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off. Alan Bennett
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly
realized I was talking to myself. Peter O'Toole
It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd
be a teacher. Linda Evangelista
In the begining there was nothing and God said 'Let there be
light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see
it. Dave Thomas
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed,
Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why
god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered,
"There's just something about you that pisses me off." Stephen King
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist,
a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the
God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you
don't believe?' Quentin Crisp
Thank God I'm an atheist. Luis Bunuel
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large
deposit in my name in a Swiss bank. Woody Allen
God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him. Friedrich Nietzsche The Gay Science.
Our Father, which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
In earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen. The Lord's Prayer
From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band.
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace.
They're the songs of every man.
God is watching us, God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance. From a Distance Song by Julie Gold.
I'll walk with God from this day on.
His helping hand I'll lean upon.
This is my prayer, my humble plea,
May the Lord be ever with me.
There is no death, though eyes grow dim.
There is no fear when I'm near to Him.
I'll lean on Him forever
And He'll forsake me never. I'll Walk With God Song words by Paul Francis Webster.
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