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title: "19 People Gods Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 People Gods quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best People Gods sayings and thoughts."
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> [Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/every-people-have-gods-to-suit-their-circumstances/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [People are Gods masterpieces, created for the purposes that God has already mapped out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lecrae/people-are-gods-masterpieces-created-for-the-purposes-that-god-has/)

[LeCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lecrae/)

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> [People are gods, God is in each of us, we are all gods as we want to be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miroslav-mircevski-spasov/people-are-gods-god-is-in-each-of-us-we-are-all-gods-as-we-want-to-be/)

[Miroslav Mircevski Spasov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miroslav-mircevski-spasov/)

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> [Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-viaene/gods-dont-kill-people-people-with-gods-kill-people/)

[David Viaene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-viaene/)

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> [If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/if-only-we-were-wiser-or-better-people-perhaps-the-gods-would-explain/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [“People create their own gods so that they could compete with other people's gods. It is not the humanity that fights but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aporva-kala/people-create-their-own-gods-so-that-they-could-compete-with-other/)

[Aporva Kala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aporva-kala/)

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> [It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gregory/it-was-in-a-mist-the-tuatha-de-danaan-the-people-of-the-gods-of-dana/)

[Lady Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gregory/)

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> [Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/tragic-heroes-always-moan-when-the-gods-take-an-interest-in-them-but/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“whether or not people get the gods that they deserve, they tend to get the gods (and demons) that their animals deserve—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-doniger/whether-or-not-people-get-the-gods-that-they-deserve-they-tend-to-get/)

[Wendy Doniger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-doniger/)

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> [“We make people into Gods, desperate that they never leave us and hopeful that someday, if we ever deserve it, maybe they’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-elisabeth/we-make-people-into-gods-desperate-that-they-never-leave-us-and/)

[Jennifer Elisabeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-elisabeth/)

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> [I hate to tell this to people but most gods were invented by someone. I'm sorry. It's just that I'm in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-perry/i-hate-to-tell-this-to-people-but-most-gods-were-invented-by-someone/)

[Grayson Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-perry/)

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> [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/)

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> [“At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism. Build a dam to take away water AWAY from 40 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/at-times-there-s-something-so-precise-and-mathematically-chilling/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

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> [Most people's Gods are self-reflective. God just has to be like you. You get concerned, so you assume God must get concerned.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/most-people-s-gods-are-self-reflective-god-just-has-to-be-like-you/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/the-opinions-held-by-most-people-about-the-gods-are-not-true/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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> [“ 'Are our gods better than Olaf's god?' Alfdis laughed. 'That's a silly question. Gods are gods. Our gods have been with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-erich/are-our-gods-better-than-olaf-s-god-alfdis-laughed-that-s-a-silly/)

[James Erich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-erich/)

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> [Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/gods-don-t-let-that-impress-you-anyone-can-be-a-god-if-they-have/)

[Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/)

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> [“The people made their own household gods, and destroyed them when they failed to contribute to their success. For example, at Ninole,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-david-kalakaua/the-people-made-their-own-household-gods-and-destroyed-them-when-they/)

[King David Kalakaua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-david-kalakaua/)

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> [Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-rousseau/were-there-a-people-of-gods-their-government-would-be-democratic-so/)

[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-rousseau/)

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                        "text": "Most people's Gods are self-reflective. God just has to be like you. You get concerned, so you assume God must get concerned. You get pissed off, so you assume God must get pissed off. You're attached to things that you create, so you assume that God would be.",
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                        "text": "“ 'Are our gods better than Olaf's god?' Alfdis laughed. 'That's a silly question. Gods are gods. Our gods have been with us since the beginning of the world. We sacrifice to them, and they aid us when they see fit. Other people have their own gods and their own ways of dealing with them. That's their concern.' ”",
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                        "text": "Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have powers anymore. In my time I've seen theatre gods, gladiator gods, even storyteller gods - you people see gods everywhere. Gives you an excuse for not thinking for yourselves. God is just a word. Like Fury. like demon, Just words people use for things they don't understand. Reverse it and you get dog. It's just as appropriate.",
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                        "text": "“The people made their own household gods, and destroyed them when they failed to contribute to their success. For example, at Ninole, on the southeast coast of Hawaii, is a small beach called Kaloa, the stones of which, it was thought, propagated by contact with each other. From the large stones the people made gods to preside over their games. When a stone was selected for a god it was taken to the heiau where certain ceremonies were performed over it. It was then dressed and taken to witness some game or pastime. If the owner was successful it was accepted as a god; if unsuccessful more than once or twice, it was thrown away or wrought into an axe or adze.”",
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