Devil Quotes
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Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history; and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing.
James Buchan
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'By god', says he, 'I think the Devil shits Dutchmen'
Samuel Pepys
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
Kate Williams
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I sold my soul to the devil. I'm going to hell. I'm headed to hell. I want the money, the women, the fortune, and the fame. That Means I'll end up burning in hell scorching in flames. Satan'll be in to see me later to see if I'm interested in being partners. Devil worshippin', Satan music.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil'
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The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came.
Umberto Eco
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When I first heard about Twittering, I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever heard of in my life. It's like the devil: the idea that your personal life is there for everybody.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
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The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work on the proceeds, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.
Logan Pearsall Smith
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The devil, my friends, is a woman just now. 'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.
Bill Vaughan
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
Samuel Butler
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The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.
L. Frank Baum
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The devil made me do it.
Flip Wilson
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The devil is compromise.
Henrik Ibsen
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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.
Corrie Ten Boom
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
Victoria Pendleton
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The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.
James Howell
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
Tasha Smith
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Complaints are prayers to the devil.
Bob Marley
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I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.
Pauly Shore
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
Victor Hugo
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I've got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.
Angus McKinnon Young AC/DC
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
Mahalia Jackson
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Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
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The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.
Yann Martel