It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it. – Ronald Knox
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it. – Saint Teresa of Avila
The 12 years that I was improvising are why I got the number of commercials I got when I was in New York and why I got ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ and it’s why I even got in the door for ‘Mad Men.’ – Rich Sommer
I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists, and therefore I know there is a God. – Romeo Dallaire
You slam a politician, you make out he’s the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses. – Pamela Hansford Johnson
Anger is implanted in us as sort of sting, to make us gnash with our teeth against the devil, to make us vehement against him, not to set us in array against each other. – Richard Savage
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
Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil. – Rebecca Harding Davis
Afghans long ago resigned themselves to this sort of thing. Compromises must be made. Deals with the devil are better than ceaseless butchery. In the exigencies of post-conflict bygones, against the threat of collapse into more terrible bloodletting, the ugliness of realpolitik is the lesser evil. – Terry Glavin
Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you’ll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It’s a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office. – Yahoo Serious
Show me a great actor and I’ll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you’ve seen the devil. – W. C. Fields
Everybody thinks for one moment when they’re pregnant that they’re actually carrying the spawn of the devil. – Tilda Swinton
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil. – Thomas Fuller
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. – Winston Churchill
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. – Voltaire
The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself. – Vance Havner
I don’t go online when I’m writing – that’s the devil’s workshop – but in general, I’m on there as much as any other global citizen. – Stacey D’Erasmo
Diving into Internet speculation is like playing with the devil. It’s tempting, of course. – Theo James
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. – Thomas Carlyle
