Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Hoffer

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

John Selden

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

James Joyce

God made food; the devil the cooks.

James Russell Lowell

At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's not fair to show someone the sun and then banish him from it. Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone. -Acheron

Sherrilyn Kenyon

When you dance with the devil, you don't get to pick the tune.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Ectoplasmic plane? What the devil is that? (Simone) It’s jargon from those of us who are corporeally challenged. It’s the great beyond where we bounce into each other like floundering atoms. It’s really kind of gross – which is why I hang out with you. But only because you’re less gross than they are. (Jesse)

John Ruskin

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.

John Ruskin

That admiration of the 'neat but not gaudy,' which is commonly reported to have influenced the devil when he painted his tail pea green.

John Owen

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.

Miguel de Cervantes

They must needs go whom the Devil drives.

Miguel de Cervantes

Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.

Miguel de Cervantes

Behind the cross is the devil.

John Henrik Clarke

Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.

Joe Hill

God saves - but not now, and not here. His salvation is on layaway. Like all grifters, He asks you to pay now and take it on faith that you will receive later. Whereas women offer a different sort of salvation, more immediate and fulfilling. They don't put off their love for a distant, ill-defined eternity but make a gift of it in the here and now, frequently to those who deserve it least. So it was in my case. So it is for many. The devil and woman have been allies against God from the beginning...

Joel Osteen

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

John Fletcher

Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.

Linda Howard

Cows are the Devil's handmaidens.

Lil' Kim

These devils find a way to get at'cha. All it takes is some green and your face on the screen.

Joyce Meyer

Romans 6 - Our flesh is the instrument that Satan works through. When we say no to the flesh, we say no to the devil.

John Knox

I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.

Jimmy Buffett

I made a deal with the devil for a whole lot of money.

Laurell K. Hamilton

Sometimes you deal with the devil not because you want to, but because if you don't, someone else will.

Laurell K. Hamilton

When God ignores you, the devil starts looking good.

The Devil is kind to his own.

Ludovico Ariosto

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

Louis Armstrong

You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.

Lord Byron

History - the devil's scripture

Karl Barth

The Devil may also make use of morality.

Judy Collins

... even the devil works for God.

Maggie Stiefvater

Watch for the devil. When there’s a god, there’s always a legion of devils.

The Devil tempts that he may ruin and destroy; God tests that He may crown.

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.