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title: "Best Playing god Quotes"
description: "Browse 55 Playing god quotes by 52 authors. Discover the best Playing god sayings and thoughts."
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> [Stop playing God and trying to fight your own battles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stop-playing-god-and-trying-to-fight-your-own-battles/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-siegel/doctors-are-busy-playing-god-when-so-few-of-us-have-the/)

[Bernie Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-siegel/)

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> [Our lives depend on recognizing that human cloning, like all forms of 'playing God,' is a moral, life-promoting endeavor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-epstein/our-lives-depend-on-recognizing-that-human-cloning-like-all-forms-of/)

[Alex Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-epstein/)

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> [“the three elements of helpful evaluation are humility, forgiveness, and correction. None of these entail playing God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cloud/the-three-elements-of-helpful-evaluation-are-humility-forgiveness-and/)

[Henry Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cloud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/henry-cloud-1322_evaluation_the-three-elements-of-helpful-evaluation_2886387.png)

> [I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-have-a-penchant-for-playing-god-s-clowns-actually-i-played-nijinsky/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

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> [Should I be the one to play God? We're both about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/should-i-be-the-one-to-play-god-we-re-both-about-the-same-age-but-we/)

[George Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-burns/)

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> [Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kevorkian/anytime-you-interfere-with-a-natural-process-you-re-playing-god-god/)

[Jack Kevorkian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kevorkian/)

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> [I've only ever played 'God of War' while we were shooting it. I've seen a lot of the videos, but while we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gatt/i-ve-only-ever-played-god-of-war-while-we-were-shooting-it-i-ve-seen/)

[Joseph Gatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-gatt/)

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> [There are over 30 doctors running for the US Congress this year. That's going to be rather strange. Half the time these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/there-are-over-30-doctors-running-for-the-us-congress-this-year-that/)

[Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/)

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> [Gettting to know your characters is so much more important than plotting. Working out every detail of your story in advance, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gordon-smith/gettting-to-know-your-characters-is-so-much-more-important-than/)

[Alexander Gordon Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gordon-smith/)

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> [“Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramez-naam/playing-god-is-actually-the-highest-expression-of-human-nature-the/)

[Ramez Naam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramez-naam/)

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> [The world is playing lets make a barbie doll with your body,but the truth is they know you love your body and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frenchqueen/the-world-is-playing-lets-make-a-barbie-doll-with-your-body-but-the/)

Frenchqueen

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> [I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-think-that-the-joy-of-writing-a-novel-is-the-self-exploratio-n-that/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-jenkins-reid/we-often-compare-the-experience-of-writing-a-book-to-that-of-playing/)

[Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-jenkins-reid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/taylor-jenkins-reid-2049_alone_we-often-compare-the-experience-of-writi_1520488.jpg)

> [“Perhaps you should consider your difficulty in getting past Wendlyn's naval defences to be a sign that you should stop playing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/perhaps-you-should-consider-your-difficulty-in-getting-past-wendlyn-s/)

[Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/sarah-j-maas-58_crooked-teeth_perhaps-you-should-consider-your-difficu_2289851.jpg)

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