#god

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash. ↗

— Josh Billings

#bad #enough #fall #ferment #forbid

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#god #outsiders

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#biased #despised #favor #god #often

The noble man is only God's image. ↗

— Ludwig Tieck

#image #man #noble #only

The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.' ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#bbc #beasts #best #blue #comparison

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. ↗

— Larry Bird

#develop #goals #god-given #his #into

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived. ↗

— Bette Davis

#ever #goddamn #i #lived #nicest

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ↗

— Mark Twain

#god #made #man #tired #week

I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith. ↗

— Hope Davis

#always #come #dissatisfied #does #easier

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#garment #god #grasp #hears #hem