“The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds is just so unlikely I can't go along with it.” GivingI CanIdeasReligionOrderUniverseThreeAttentionAtheismGive MePositive AtheismSpeedUnlikelyBicycle Author:Quentin Crisp
“You give me the feeling that the universe Was made by something more than human For something less than human. But I identify myself, as always, With something that there's something wrong with, With something human.” GivingHumansMadeFeelingsUniverseGive Me Book:The Lost World Source: The Lost World
“So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me, if not to you, signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe; that there is a mighty spirit working among us, who cannot be your anarchic and destroying Devil, and therefore may be the Ordering and Creating God.” IfsGivingMayPoliticalSpiritUniverseCreatingDevilMiracleGive MeHarmonySaintDestroyingEngineersElectricVirginsEconomistSpinningRailroadsReformersRelicsTelegraphJennySanitary Book:The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast Source: The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast
“My knowledge of the universe is that if I write stupid jokes, the universe gives me a really nice house and great meals. I do not believe mankind will ever develop a formula to explain this.” IfsGivingWritingBelieveFunnyScienceUniverseHouseNiceMankindStupidJokesGive MeMealsFormulasReally NiceNice HouseStupid Jokes Author:Joel Klein
“There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know? I was always on this journey of trying to learn more about humanity and people - using the characters and situations as guideposts. I could switch up and do another job as long as I'm continuing that same search and that same journey of revealing my connection to humanity and the universe. And directing gives me the opportunity to explore ALL these different lives and their connection to their environments and the people. And I get to connect to the wires of the universe.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingTryingLongDifferentCharacterJobsHumanityUniverseOpportunityActingSituationCareersEnvironmentJourneyFiguresConnectionsGive MeThings To DoDo You KnowContinuingWireRevealingDifferent Life Author:Forest Whitaker
“If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great Soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. In the realm of nature, every thing has been wrought out in the august consciousness of infinite leisure; and I bless God for that geology which gives me a key to the patience in which the creative process was effected.” IfsGivingHas BeensSoulUniverseProcessConsciousnessCreativeKeysGive MeInfiniteRealmsBlessAttributesLeisureCreative ProcessThronesDeitiesAugustGeologyGreat Souls Author:J. G. Holland
“If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects God, it gives me some knowledge of Him. Obviously, therefore, the more I know of the universe is, the more enriched my limited knowledge of God is.” IfsKnowsGivingUniverseBeliefGive MeFundamentalsKnowledge Of GodLimited Knowledge Author:George Coyne