Mr. Wednesday

Character in American Gods From: American Gods

Mysterious con man; revealed to be Odin, leader of the old gods

138 quotes

"Believe nothing."
Wisdom
"America is not the land of the free. It is the land of the obligated."
Freedom
"You pay for the world. There is no free lunch."
Truth
"Faith without doubt is not faith."
Faith
"Belief creates reality."
Philosophy
"We create the gods we need."
"The world is waiting for you."
Adventure
"You're on a road. It's a good road, the road to a city, but along the way there are... attractions."
Life
"People believe, by and large, what they are told to believe."
Truth
"Gods need belief. Prayers, sacrifices, offerings... that's what keeps them alive."
Power
"America is a hard place to believe in anything."
Faith
"What makes something real? Belief. Acknowledgment. Recognition."
Truth
"A god without believers is just a story nobody's telling anymore."
Faith
"Nothing is free. Everything has a price. Sometimes it's just not paid in money."
Wisdom
"The gods of the new world have no faces, but they're always watching."
Power
"Belief is the old magic. There are those who believe and those who do not believe, and their belief shapes the world."
Wisdom
"People believe in all sorts of things that contradict each other. That's the beauty of it."
Faith
"The secret to surviving in America is to move around. Never stay in one place long enough for them to find you."
Freedom
"America doesn't believe in the old things anymore, so the old things are dying."
Change
"The only way out is through. You understand that?"
Perseverance
"You cannot kill an idea whose time has come."
Power
"The road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
Wisdom
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, and eternal vigilance is boring."
Freedom
"What's the difference between a god and a man? Believers."
Faith
"The world is older and more complicated than you think."
Wisdom
"What you sacrifice defines who you are."
Courage
"The only way to win is to play by rules no one else knows."
"You're on a road. It goes on for a while then after a time, presumably, you come to the end of the road. That's death."
Death
"People believe what they want to believe."
Truth
"America began as a con."
History