DEVIL QUOTES
quotations about the devil
Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The American Bible
People ... have tried to evoke God or devil to justify them in what their glands insisted upon.
WILLIAM FAULKNER
Absalom
The devil has no power ... except in the dark.
CASSANDRA CLARE
City of Bones
Do not be dismayed to learn there is a bit of the devil in you. There is a bit of the devil in us all.
ARTHUR BYRON COVER
Night of the Living Rerun
Dance with the devil
I want ya, yes I do
Dance with the devil
And the devil is you
BAD COMPANY
"Dance With the Devil", Company of Strangers
When the Devil is not fishing he is mending his nets.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
Don't believe the devil
I don't believe his book
But the truth is not the same
Without the lies he made up.
U2
"God Part II"
The Devil's most devilish when respectable.
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
Aurora Leigh
Wherever God erects a house of prayer,
The Devil always builds a chapel there;
And 'twill be found, upon examination,
The latter has the largest congregation.
DANIEL DEFOE
The True-Born Englishman
You look like an angel
Walk like an angel
Talk like an angel
But I got wise
You're the devil in disguise
ELVIS PRESLEY
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
Logic is what the devil likes most.
KELLY BRAFFET
Josie and Jack
If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them.
C. S. LEWIS
God in the Dock
The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
"Le Joueur généreux,", Le Spleen de Paris
The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Beckoning his skill with opportunity.
GEORGE ELIOT
Felix Holt
The devil is a cross between a really good used-car salesman and a game-show host, but with a lot more style and charm. There's a little Cary Grant thrown in there too.
RAY WISE
American Way Magazine, May 1, 2009
The idea that Satan is purely a logician is an illusion held by not a few naive people. Many a shifty old man sees him as an opponent in an academic argument, but if he does the observer is still at the stage of games and trifles. Sometimes, though not often, the black desire to harm wins out over quicker and less bitter delights. When that happens, evil shows itself for what it truly is, not a way of life, but an attack on life itself.
GEORGES BERNANOS
The Impostor
The cleverest trick of the Devil is that nobody believes in him. It. Her. Well, we have been very stupid.
DORIS LESSING
Shikasta
At the devil's party
Nothing's a sin
INXS
"Devil's Party", Switch
It must not be thought that the devil tempts only men of genius. He doubtless scorns imbeciles, but he does not disdain their assistance. Quite the contrary, he founds great hopes on them.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
My Heart Laid Bare
When you're in hell, only a devil can point the way out.
JOE ABERCROMBIE
Half a King