The Devil Quotes

The devil never sleeps.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.

Woman was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy.

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

Our murmuring is the devil's music.

... even the devil works for God.

The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own image

The angels and the devils are definitely within us, not within the machines we use.

Come with uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones...you are invited!

His life rushes onward in such torrential rhythm that...only angels and devils can catch the tempo of it.

You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.

It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the Earth, as well as God.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still.

The only separation the Bible knows is between believers on the one hand and unbelievers on the other. Any other kind of separation, division, disunity is of the devil. It is evil and from sin.

It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable.

Alcohol is the devil and I need Chinese food.

Accursed be he who plays with the devil.

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

Satan has many helpers.

Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers, that it shall not obtain its end and dominion.

She's a devil in disguise, I can tell by looking in her eyes, little Miss Strange.

You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

you can go to the Devil and not at your leisure. You can go now, for all I care.' 'My pet, I've been to the Devil and he's a very dull fellow. I won't go there again, not even for you.

Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.

Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger in vengeance will always remember.

When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil.

You have to say now that space is something. Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it?

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an honest dollar.

The people on the edge of Hell were most afraid of the devil; for those already in hell the devil was only another and no one in particular.

What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.

Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends.

Ambiguity — the Devil's volleyball.

Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.

It would be easier for the Devil to go to church and cross himself with holy water than for these people to comprehend the ideas which are accepted facts to us today.

Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep’s clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line by advocating planned government guaranteed security at the expense of our liberties.

A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Angel, saint, Devil's spawn, good or evil, you've got me pinned to the wall and labeled as yours until the day I die. And if you die first, then it won't be long before I follow.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Devil and God – two sides of the same face.

If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.

Anybody who rapes, and plunders, and enslaves, and steals, and drops hell bombs on people... anybody who does these things is nothing but a devil.

Spiritual pride is the worst of all pride, if it is not the worst snare of the devil. The heart is peculiarly deceitful on just this one thing.

I was always rather nasty. I was willing to be friends with the Devil, just to cross the bridge.