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> # I heard your prayers Thank God it's all over!

[George Bernard Shaw](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw)\#172

[Shaw](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/shaw/)[Relief](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/relief/)[Satire](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/satire/)[Prayer](https://quotesby.net/topics/prayer/)[Sarcasm](https://quotesby.net/topics/sarcasm/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?A sarcastic remark implying prayers were heard but only to end a troubling situation.In plain termsGod answered prayers to stop something bad.What can you take from it?Relief comes when trouble ends.

### Where it applies

- crisis
- gossip
- conflict

### Putting it to work

- acknowledge relief
- humorize trouble

### Questions to consider

- When do you feel relieved?
- How do you react to prayers?

### Another view

It mocks sincere religious sentiment.

## More from George Bernard Shaw

1. > I don't want to talk grammar, I want to talk like a lady.

[Permalink to quote \#171](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/171/ "Permalink to quote 171")
2. > You see, lots of the real people can't do it at all: they're such fools that they think style comes by nature to people in their position; and so they never le…

[Permalink to quote \#173](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/173/ "Permalink to quote 173")
3. > I wouldn't have ate it, only I'm too lady-like to take it out of my mouth.

[Permalink to quote \#170](https://quotesby.net/George-Bernard-Shaw/170/ "Permalink to quote 170")

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