
“I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.”
Source: Rigante series, Stormrider, Ch. 8
“I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.”
Source: The Dangerous Summer (1985), Ch. 9
“I don't need to pray. I have God in myself.”
In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)
“I try to be a Christian…I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God.”
Quoted in interview by Merv Griffin, from Frank Brady, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, NY (1989), page 576.
“Pray to the I don't-know-who
I hope : Jesus Christ.”
Prier le Je Ne Sais Qui
J'espère : Jesus-Christ.
Inscription on his tombstone.
Variant translation: Pray to the I don't-know-who: Jesus Christ, I hope.
As quoted in Parasuicidality and Paradox : Breaking Through the Medical Model (2007) by Ross D. Ellenhorn, p. 55
The last Fruit of an old Tree, Epigram cvi, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”
Source: Think Big (1996), p. 147