--- title: "11 God Terrible Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 God Terrible quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best God Terrible sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/archbishop-fulton-sheen-70612_god_f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-th_2060679.jpg" --- > [“f it be a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God,It is a more terrible thing to fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archbishop-fulton-sheen/f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-the-hands-of-the-living-god-it/) [Archbishop Fulton Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archbishop-fulton-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/archbishop-fulton-sheen-70612_god_f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-th_2060679.jpg) > [With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-anouilh/with-god-what-is-terrible-is-that-one-never-knows-whether-it-s-not/) [Jean Anouilh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-anouilh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/jean-anouilh-7113_devil_with-god-what-is-terrible-is-that-one-ne_1064054.jpg) > [ People are hungry for God. What \[a\] terrible meeting \[it\] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/people-are-hungry-for-god-what-a-terrible-meeting-it-would-be-with/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/mother-teresa-196_giving_people-are-hungry-for-god-what-a-terribl_1570961.jpg) > [Go warn the children of God of the terrible speed of mercy,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/go-warn-the-children-of-god-of-the-terrible-speed-of-mercy/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/flannery-o-connor-639_child-of-god_go-warn-the-children-of-god-of-the-terri_114829.png) > [People have a view of a God who is terrible that they can't even imagine being loving or wanting anything to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/people-have-a-view-of-a-god-who-is-terrible-that-they-can-t-even/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/rob-bell-1025_imagine_people-have-a-view-of-a-god-who-is-terri_849806.png) > [My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-gauguin/my-god-how-terrible-these-money-questions-are-for-an-artist/) [Paul Gauguin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-gauguin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/paul-gauguin-2667_art_my-god-how-terrible-these-money-question_2672510.png) > [Well, I suppose I could do a solo album, but my god, it would be terrible!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/well-i-suppose-i-could-do-a-solo-album-but-my-god-it-would-be-terrible/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/robert-plant-1715_albums_well-i-suppose-i-could-do-a-solo-album-b_3182852.jpg) > [I don't think any actor really thinks they're good. I watch my own work and I'm like, Oh God, this is terrible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camila-morrone/i-don-t-think-any-actor-really-thinks-they-re-good-i-watch-my-own/) [Camila Morrone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camila-morrone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/camila-morrone-8334_actor_i-don-t-think-any-actor-really-thinks-th_2280173.jpg) > [Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/then-the-woman-came-and-told-her-husband-saying-a-man-of-god-came/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/bible-141_drink_then-the-woman-came-and-told-her-husband_2806932.jpg) > [“Maybe at the very bottom of it... I really don't like God. You know, it's silly to say I don't like God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-weinberg/maybe-at-the-very-bottom-of-it-i-really-don-t-like-god-you-know-it-s/) [Steven Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-weinberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/steven-weinberg-3159_bad_maybe-at-the-very-bottom-of-it-i-really_2057384.jpg) > [“You’re not a failure, Uncle,” he said, the words awkward and insufficient in his mouth. “It’s only that we don’t feel safe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-willow-wilson/you-re-not-a-failure-uncle-he-said-the-words-awkward-and-insufficient/) [G. Willow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-willow-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/g-willow-wilson-9668_failure_you-re-not-a-failure-uncle-he-said-the-w_1030074.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-terrible/#itemlist", "name": "God Terrible Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“f it be a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God,It is a more terrible thing to fall out of them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Archbishop Fulton Sheen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archbishop-fulton-sheen/f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-the-hands-of-the-living-god-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/archbishop-fulton-sheen-70612_god_f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-th_2060679.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/archbishop-fulton-sheen-70612_god_f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-th_2060679.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/archbishop-fulton-sheen-70612_god_f-it-be-a-terrible-thing-to-fall-into-th_2060679.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“f it be a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God,It is a more terrible thing to fall out of…” — Archbishop Fulton Sheen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Anouilh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-anouilh/with-god-what-is-terrible-is-that-one-never-knows-whether-it-s-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/jean-anouilh-7113_devil_with-god-what-is-terrible-is-that-one-ne_1064054.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/jean-anouilh-7113_devil_with-god-what-is-terrible-is-that-one-ne_1064054.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/jean-anouilh-7113_devil_with-god-what-is-terrible-is-that-one-ne_1064054.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.” — Jean Anouilh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People are hungry for God. 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I really don't like God. You know, it's silly to say I don't like God because I don't believe in God, but in the same sense that I don't like Iago, or the Reverend Slope or any of the other villains of literature, the god of traditional Judaism and Christianity and Islam seems to me a terrible character. He's a god who will... who obsessed the degree to which people worship him and anxious to punish with the most awful torments those who don't worship him in the right way. Now I realise that many people don't believe in that any more who call themselves Muslims or Jews or Christians, but that is the traditional God and he's a terrible character. 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