"God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer."

-- Giacomo Casanova

#Punishment Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Fierce Quotes

“Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun, So I've been told...”

Source : "Live at Wembley Stadium". DVD concert footage, 2003.
“On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.”

Source : Leonard Slatkin (2017). “Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry”, p.199, Hal Leonard Corporation
“Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons, we say this is the mockery of democracy and mockery of War on Terror.”
“God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.”

Source : Nevada Barr (2013). “Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon Mysteries, Book 1): A gripping crime novel of the Texan wilderness”, p.9, Hachette UK
“In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour.”
“I don't think I could do a reality show, no.”
“If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?”
“If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.”

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