Job: A Comedy of Justice Quotes

“Never marry a woman who prays too much.”

“I know this character. If he's a saint, I'm a pink monkey—”

“Alec, to be able to read and write is as wonderful as sex. Or almost.”

“The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.”

““With patience and plenty of saliva the elephant deflowered the mosquito.””

““You see?”
“I suppose I do. About as well as a cow understands calculus.”

“One does not persuade a butterfly to light on one’s hand by brandishing a sword.”

“A man who is happy at home doesn’t lie awake nights worrying about the hereafter.”

“Oy! Every prophecy I fulfilled! And now He tells me consistent I am not! This is justice?”

“I can’t see proof in the dreams of long-dead prophets; you can read anything into them.”

“I have never lied to you. I've had to hold back some things until I was free to speak, that's all.”

“A miracle that takes place again and again and again is no longer a miracle; it’s just a nuisance.”

“Hell isn’t very organized. It’s an anarchy except for a touch of absolute monarchy on some points.”

“But plenty of money (how well I knew it!) made hard things easy and impossible things merely difficult.”

“Let this be a lesson to you. Learn by my bad example. Never let an oaf cause you to lose your judgment.”

“The Jehovah or Yahweh of the Old Testament seems to me to be a sadistic, bloodthirsty, genocidal villain.”

“I learned long ago, in dealing with legislators, that anyone who tries to keep you from having a witness is bad news.”

“Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.”

“Wikipedia: Job: A Comedy of Justice”

“There were most questions, mostly silly, confirming an opinion I had kept to myself for years: Piety does not imply horse sense.”