What's a god? Can we even know they exist? People believe things, which means they're real. That means we know they exist. So what came first? Gods or the people who believed in them?

Mr. Wednesday

I am the dead woman. Where is my fucking car?

Laura

Mad Sweeney: I've done the math. This times that equals you're a cunt, divided by the only way I'm going to get what I need is if you give it to me, equals the only way you're going to give it to me is if you don't need it. Like my friend Jesus Christ, the only thing you need, dead wife, is a resurrection.
Laura: Did you just name drop Jesus Christ like you know a guy who knows a guy?

There's always been a god-shaped hole in man's head. Trees were the first to fill it. Mr. Wood was the trees. Mr. Wood was the forest. Well, he was a very old god who saw something very new. He saw a god-fearing society turn towards complete industrialization. So what did he do? He sacrificed his trees. He sacrificed his forest. And he became something else.

Mr. Wednesday

Did you have a genie in your bottle? Did you rub one out of him, darling?

Mad Sweeney

There aren't just two Americas. Everybody looks at Lady Liberty and sees a different face. Even if it crumbles under question. People will defend the warm, safe feeling their America gives them. They will defend it with bullets.

Mr. Wednesday

This ain't Kentucky. Where's Kentucky?!

Mad Sweeney

You are what you worship.

Vulcan

I was a story people forgot to remember to tell. And they gave me a gun. They put power back in my hand, and I gotta tell ya, it feels good. Every bullet fired in a crowded movie theater is a prayer in my name. And that prayer makes 'em wanna pray even harder.

Vulcan

American Gods Season 1 Episode 6 Quotes

I am the dead woman. Where is my fucking car?

Laura

What's a god? Can we even know they exist? People believe things, which means they're real. That means we know they exist. So what came first? Gods or the people who believed in them?

Mr. Wednesday