"We can be reluctant to recognize how much of our culture was literary, particularly now that so many of the institutional purveyors of literature happily have joined in proclaiming its death. A substantial number of Americans who believe they worship God actually worship three major literary characters: the Yahweh of the J Writer (earliest author of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers), the Jesus of the Gospel of Mark, and Allah of the Koran."

-- Harold Bloom

#Jesus Quotes #Believe Quotes #Character Quotes

“I've definitely had my fair share at shaking my fists at the gods of Hollywood, but I'm learning that I cannot think that way or I will go crazy.”
“Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly.”
“Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.”
“Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer - you can do it, just not as well as the others, really.”
“The biblical God lets us make our own history, and goes with us on the more or less unheard-of adventures we concoct.”
“The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.”

Source : "The words and comedy of Sid Caesar" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2014.
“In the final analysis, animals in shelters are not being killed because there are too many of them, because there are too few homes, or because the public is irresponsible. Animals in shelters are dying for primarily one reasonâ€“because people in shelters are killing them.”
“Why wouldn't I dance?' Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch?”

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