“- The landlady: You should lock that money up sir, it's tempting providence.
- The Lodger: Providence is concerned with sterner things than money, Mrs. Bunting.”
Marie Ault - The landlady
Ivor Novello - The Lodger

“- Colonel Zapt: Let's trust in providence.
- Major Rudolph Rassendyll: You'll never get providence interested in this enterprise.”
C. Aubrey Smith - Colonel Zapt
Ronald Colman - Major Rudolf Rassendyll

“I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.”
Margaret Avery - Shug Avery

“My daddy always used to say there was a separate god for children.”
Mary-Louise Parker - Ruth Jamison

“Oh Lord, please don't burn us, don't grill or toast your flock, don't put us on the barbecue, or simmer us in stock, don't braise or bake or boil us, or stir-fry us in a wok. Oh please don't lightly poach us, or baste us with hot fat, don't fricassee or roast us, or boil us in a vat. And please don't stick thy servants Lord, in a rotissomat.”

Michael Palin - Chaplain