Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
Those whom God wishes to destroy he drives mad.
A show can be artistically successful; a show can be financially successful; a show can be successful by the transformative experience the audience is having; a show can be successful from the point of view of what is experienced by the cast and the company on a daily basis.
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
There is no business like show business, Irving Berlin once proclaimed, and thirty years ago he may have been right, but not anymore. Nowadays almost every business is like show business, including politics, which has become more like show business than show business is.
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
The spirit of militarism has already permeated all walks of life. Indeed, I am convinced that militarism is a greater danger here than anywhere else, because of the many bribes capitalism holds out to those whom it wishes to destroy.
Today, if I am a successful actor it is all because of my first show 'Ramayan.' The show has helped me bag my first Bollywood film, 'Khamoshiyan.'
When the government makes loans or subsidies to business, what it does is to tax successful private business in order to support unsuccessful private business.
Whom the gods would destroy, they first subsidize.
Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.
God forbid that all children, of whom daily so great a multitude die, would perish, but that also for these, the merciful God, who wishes no one to perish, has procured some remedy unto salvation.
Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.