"God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on……" — Walt Whitman
"God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards."
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Walt Whitman
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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site.
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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet…
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Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
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This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
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To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
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The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the…
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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at…
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Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
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To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the…
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.
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Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore.
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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires,…
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your…
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may…
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
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People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or…
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
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But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?
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The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
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My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused…
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As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.
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