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Sunday, December 1st, 2024
the First Week of Advent
the First Week of Advent
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Sermon Quotations Archive
Quotations regarding 'Devil'
I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out.
Red Adair, American Celebrity (1915-2004)
With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.
Jean Anouilh, French Playwright (1910-1987)
When the devil grows old he turns hermit.
Ludovico Ariosto, Poet (1474-1533)
They give themselves to God when the Devil will no longer have them.
Sophie Arnould, -
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
Francis Bacon, English Philosopher (1561-1626)
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
Pearl Bailey, American Actress (1918-1990)
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman (1771- )
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
Anne Baxter, American Actress (1923-1985)
The press don't like to say nice things because nice is boring. It's much better to label me the devil. What we do is not brain surgery. We are entertainers, plain and simple, and we're responsible to bring that money back, to make a profit.
Michael Bay, American Director (1965- )
A church debt is the devil's salary.
Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman (1813-1887)
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.
Hans Bender, German Psychologist (1907-1991)
Theology is the logic of the Devil.
Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist (1842- )
First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people.
Edward Bond, English Playwright (1934- )
I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.
Anthony Bourdain, American Author (1956- )
Why doesn't that Devil take me with him? It would be much better with him than it is here.
Eva Braun, German Celebrity (1912-1945)
I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack.
Christie Brinkley, American Model (1954- )
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
Robert Burton, English Writer (1577-1640)
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
Gary Busey, American Actor (1944- )