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“For, though sometimes worshipping gods, the Yunea did not permit itself to stray too far onto the abstract path of sheer faith. An ambience of security was all the aristocrats required, a guarantee that fate loved them.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The richest billionaire has to realize that the gods next door take no more notice of him than he would a bug.”
Karl Schroeder (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even the gods fight boredom in vain.”
Karl Schroeder (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every child believes in its parents: that seems to be the first mistake, for they are usually not gods but ordinary people, and a child will never reach manhood unless it sees through this deception. The free man must be unfaithful to his roots; otherwise, he becomes a servant.”
Albert Caraco (1919–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: L’Âge d’Homme, Lausanne (1985), p. 62
“It is true that the Rigveda does not provide us details of the inner layout of these forts, but surely the text was not meant to be a treatise on Vastusastra. May it be remembered that it is essentially a compilation of prayers to gods and should be looked at as such. All the evidence that it provides regarding the material culture of the then people is only incidental.”
B. B. Lal (1921–2022) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aryan invasion of India: perpetuation of a myth, In: Edwin F. Bryant and Laurie L. Patton Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference in Indian History. — 1st ed. — London: Routledge, 2005. p.67.
“Ye subterranean gods! whose awful sway The gliding ghosts and silent shades obey: O Chaos, hear! and Phlegethon profound! Whose solemn empire stretches wide around! Give me, ye great tremendous powers! to tell Of scenes and wonders in the depths of Hell; Give me your mighty secrets to display From those black realms of darkness to the day.”
Christopher Pitt (1699–1748) said by 1748 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By taking us on a cumulative sequence from our own familiar gods, through those of other ethnic groups, to those of animals, Xenophanes shows that our own images have no more authority than those of animals.”
Catherine Rowett (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would be another day ruled by this world’s new gods: gold and power.”
Nick Drake (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I dislike talk of the Gods, who taunt us with their promises, and whose disappointments we must always accept.”
Nick Drake (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have a weakness for Egyptian sculpture: its figures are sculptured gods, sculptured ideas. Very different in expression, Hindu sculpture is based on very similar assumptions.. .The oriental people are much more artistic than we. When nations grow old, their art grows complicated and soft.”
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not an astrologer, but I can assure you that the BJP will form the government. If not, do you think Congress leaders who have been humiliating Hindu Gods would prostrate before them now?”
Smriti Irani (born 1976) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Predicting the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, as quoted in
“Greeks and Romans alike engaged openly in a variety of sanctioned atrocities, including adult human sacrifice. ...according to ...Cicero, human sacrifice was not restricted to the western Phoenicians but was widely accepted among Mediterranean societies as a pious act that would please the gods.”
Jeffrey H. Schwartz (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One curve corresponds to the curvature of Mars on a scale of 1:1000, another curve to Venus on a scale of 1:40.000 [named after the Roman Gods of Love and War, probably alluding to her starting romance with Gerhard Richter ]”
Isa Genzken (born 1948) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Genzken in: 'Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting', by Dietmar Elger, University of Chicago Press 2009, p. 252
“And stop thinking you’re the superior ones! You’re just another drop in our gene pool! We’re all descended from peoples who thought they were kings and gods and who found themselves to be almost nothing at all in the end. Don’t let that be you.”
Karen Lord (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Gods most pleasure in od numbers take.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First the Gods adore.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If Men, and Mortal Powers you not regard, Yet know, the Gods both Right and Wrong record.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Achilles Peleus Son's destructive Rage, Great Goddess, sing, which did the Greeks engage In many Woes, and mighty Hero's Ghosts Sent down untimely to the Stygian Coasts: Devouring Vultures on their Bodies prey'd, And greedy Dogs, (so was Jove's Will obey'd;) Because Great Agamemnon fell at odds With stern Achilles, Off-spring of the Gods.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mercy makes Princes Gods.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gods are born and die, but the atom endures.”
Alexander Chase (born 1926) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in: Jefferson Hane Weaver et al. (1987), The World of Physics: The Einstein universe and the Bohr atom.
“According to a famous Hindu creation myth, the gods fashioned the world out of the body of a primeval being, the Purusa. The sun was created from Purusa's eyes, the moon from Purusa's brain, the Brahmins (priests) from the mouth, the Kshatriyas (warriors) from its arms, the s (peasants and merchants) from its thighs, and Shudras (servants) from its legs.”
Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Osama bin Laden, for all his hatred of American culture.., religion, and... politics, was... fond of American dollars. How did money succeed where gods and kings failed?”
Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These [polytheistic] religions understood the world to be controlled by... powerful gods... Humans could appeal to these... to bring rain, victory... health.”
Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Hindu polytheism, a single principle, Atman, controls the myriad gods and spirits, humankind, and the biological and physical world. Atman is the central essence or soul of the... universe.., of every individual and every phenomenon.”
Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only gods and television audiences see the pattern of human events.”
Algis Budrys (1931–2008) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Clouds of Glory, in Astounding, July 1955, p. 25
“The sky drips its spectral And Gods, like men, to soot revert.Gone is the mild, the serene air.The golden years are come too late.Pursue not wisdom or virtue here,But what blind motion, what dim lastRegret of men who slew their pastRaised up this bribe against their fate.”
Donald Davidson (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Infernal Gods, who rule the Shades below, Chaos and Phlegethon, ye Realms of Woe, Grant what I've heard I may to light expose, Secrets which Earth, and Night, and Hell inclose.”
Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale (1653–1695) said by 1695 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Works of Virgil, Translated Into English Verse (1709), Aeneid, Book VI, lines 328–331, p. 210
“Apollonius … explained his motive in practicing wisdom, declaring that the sole use he had made of it was to gain knowledge of the gods and an understanding of human affairs, for that the difficulty of knowing another man exceeded that of knowing oneself.”
Philostratus (170–250) said by 250 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a fire in the middle at the centre, which is the Vesta of the universe, the house of Jupiter, the mother of the Gods, and the basis coherence and measure of nature.”
Philolaus (470–390 BC) said by 390 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Johannes Stobaeus, Eclogues (5th-century CE) Phys. p. 51, Tr. Thomas Taylor, The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus (1824) p.156.
“Records of the missionary activities of the Franciscans which are available are not as full and complete as those of the missionary activities of the Jcsuits. In a report of the activities of the Franciscans which has been published under the title ‘‘ Noticta que obravdo os frades de S. Francisco,” it is stated that they “destroyed 800 Hindu temples where false Gods were worshipped.”
Anant Priolkar (1895–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hate atheists because they want to become gods themselves and think they understand things that no one understands.”
Mauno Koivisto (1923–2017) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Koivisto in an interview on a Russian radio channel on 26 June 2002. (in Finnish) Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. 3 July 2002. Retrieved 2nd November 2024.
“Willow, if the gods thought half as much of you as you think of yourself, you’d be king of the world.”
“That damned rain had a personal grudge. It got no heavier but it never let up. Yet to east and west I saw light that indicated clear skies in those directions. The gods, if such existed, were laying on the misery especially for me.”
“She was stronger than the gods who created her?” “Guys, I didn’t make this stuff up. Don’t ask me to rationalize it. Goblin, you’ve been everywhere. You ever seen a religion that can’t be picked to shreds by any nonbeliever with brains enough to tie his own bootlaces?”
“He talks big about his goddess getting involved but I won’t count on that. I’ve never seen the gods actually take a hand in mortal affairs.”
“Death will find a way. Even the gods must pass.”
“I’m tempted to invoke penalties on the lot and let the gods distinguish between the wicked and the merely incompetent.”
“We Loghyr have never found proof of the existence of any gods. Neither have we disproved their existence, although logic militates against it. They are not necessary to explain anything. Nature does not provide that which is not needed.”
“And for yourself, may the gods grant you Your heart's desire, a husband and a home, And the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, When a man and woman live together With one heart and mind, bringing joy To their friends and grief to their foes.”
Stanley Lombardo (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They (i. e., the Olympian gods) operate on moral principles. You have to break a promise to them, or break a rule, for them to get power over you.” Victor commented darkly, “That explains why religions have rules no one can follow. If everyone is a sinner, by definition, everyone is under their power.”
John C. Wright (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is our modern day mythology, this is American folklore and it's becoming international folklore. The ancient gods of Greece, Rome and Egypt still exist, except now they wear spandex and capes.”
Michael E. Uslan (born 1950) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Investing In Batman: 30 Years Later An Executive's Gamble On The Dark Knight Pays Off (July 14, 2012)
“In this future, we were free of systems. Other humans went on to become symbols, sacrificed their lives to serve. Other humans handled the torture, the coups, the healing. We simply sowed, harvested, and drank a bit before dinner. No one tried to take what was ours. We had too little. We were invisible, and in this slower life we were our own gods.”
Jaroslav Kalfař (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A tiny whisper at the back of her mind warned her to be wary of what one asked the gods for, lest they grant it.”
Robert Asprin (1946–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Arms and the man I sing who first from Troy Came to the Italian and Lavinian shores, Exiled by fate; much tossed on land and sea By power divine and cruel Juno's rage; Much too in war he suffered, till he reared A city and to Latium brought his gods: Whence sprung the Latin progeny, the kings Of Alba, and the walls of towering Rome.”
Joseph Trapp (1679–1747) said by 1747 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They have four books in that language (Sanskrit), which they are constantly in the habit of repeating. Their name is Bed (Vedas). They contain stories of their gods, but little advantage can be derived from their perusal.”
Amir Khusrow (1253–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Extract trs. in Elliot and Dowson, III, p. 563. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 5
“When all are baptized I order all the temples of their false gods to be destroyed and all the idols to be broken in pieces. I can give you no idea of the joy I feel in seeing this done, witnessing the destruction of the idols by the very people who but lately adored them.”
Francis Xavier (1506–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Their tribal system is strictly matriarchal, which follows a pattern even Terra once knew: the fertile earth mother and her priestesses, who became the witches when the gods overruled the goddesses.”
Andre Norton (1912–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was motivated not so much by belief, as by loyalty to my Pagan ancestors, who were loyal to their Gods, worshiping underground, always resisting, and who punctuate our history.”
Christopher Gérard (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They will return, these Gods you have never stopped longing for. Time will bring back the order of ancient days.”
Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted from Hinduism Today : Pagan Power in Modern Europe By Hughes Henry, Belgium, July 1999
“Most taboos have to do with eating, sex, elimination or gods; so remember, look before you sit down, lie down, squat down or kneel down!”
Keith Laumer (1925–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source