--- title: "10 Gods Make Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Gods Make quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Gods Make sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/alexander-pope-235_four_ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-f_1869333.png" --- > [Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-four/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/alexander-pope-235_four_ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-f_1869333.png) > [“Be Gods and make Gods.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/be-gods-and-make-gods/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/abhijit-naskar-99_brainy-quotes_be-gods-and-make-gods-2614866_2614866.jpg) > [“The gods do make playthings of us. But it is we mortals who provide them with tools.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/the-gods-do-make-playthings-of-us-but-it-is-we-mortals-who-provide/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/melina-marchetta-392_death_the-gods-do-make-playthings-of-us-but-it_1514398.png) > [“The only thing you can count on is that the gods make other plans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janie-chang/the-only-thing-you-can-count-on-is-that-the-gods-make-other-plans/) [Janie Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janie-chang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/janie-chang-36216_quote_the-only-thing-you-can-count-on-is-that_1599021.jpg) > [Those who the gods would make rich and famous on TV, they first drive mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-sahl/those-who-the-gods-would-make-rich-and-famous-on-tv-they-first-drive/) [Mort Sahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mort-sahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/mort-sahl-7819_firsts_those-who-the-gods-would-make-rich-and-f_304704.jpg) > [Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/creators-aren-t-gods-they-make-places-which-is-quite-hard-it-s-men/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/terry-pratchett-19_creator_creators-aren-t-gods-they-make-places-wh_2156071.jpg) > [“The gods do make playthings of us,” the priest-king acknowledged. “But it is we mortals who provide them with the tools.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/the-gods-do-make-playthings-of-us-the-priest-king-acknowledged-but-it/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/melina-marchetta-392_death_the-gods-do-make-playthings-of-us-the-pr_1990060.png) > [In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-my-years-i-have-seen-that-people-must-be-their-own-gods-and-make/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/anonymous-1_fortune_in-my-years-i-have-seen-that-people-must_63828.jpg) > [ In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. \[Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/in-wondrous-ways-do-the-gods-make-sport-with-men-lat-miris-modis-di/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/plautus-1263_gods_in-wondrous-ways-do-the-gods-make-sport_2971062.jpg) > [The first novel I wrote was a monster - clocking in at 180,000 words - but it died a death, a death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbur-smith/the-first-novel-i-wrote-was-a-monster-clocking-in-at-180-000-words/) [Wilbur Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbur-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/wilbur-smith-7617_about_the-first-novel-i-wrote-was-a-monster-cl_1355522.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gods-make/#itemlist", "name": "Gods Make Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Pope" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-four/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/alexander-pope-235_four_ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-f_1869333.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/alexander-pope-235_four_ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-f_1869333.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/alexander-pope-235_four_ah-why-ye-gods-should-two-and-two-make-f_1869333.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?” — Alexander Pope", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Be Gods and make Gods.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abhijit Naskar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/be-gods-and-make-gods/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/abhijit-naskar-99_brainy-quotes_be-gods-and-make-gods-2614866_2614866.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/abhijit-naskar-99_brainy-quotes_be-gods-and-make-gods-2614866_2614866.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/abhijit-naskar-99_brainy-quotes_be-gods-and-make-gods-2614866_2614866.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Be Gods and make Gods.” — Abhijit Naskar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The gods do make playthings of us. 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