One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy.

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy.

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.

If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college.

We know that where community exists in confers upon its members identity a sense of belonging and a measure of security. . . . Communities are the ground level generators and preservers of values and ethical systems.

The hero sees values beyond whats possible. Thats the nature of a hero. It kills him of course ultimately. But it makes the whole struggle of humanity worthwhile.

Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality.

Real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes from the accidental and meaningless occurrence of one damned thing after another.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time.

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't lead anywhere good, I'm sure. If I'm busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devil's playground.

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

So Ham's wife that was preserved on the Ark was a Negro of the seed of Cain and there was a priestly purpose in it, that the Devil would have a representation as well as God.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

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.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles.

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

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.

Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.

The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.

Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil.

I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

Why should the Devil have all the good tunes?

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

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.

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

The devil says I'm out, but the Lord says I'm safe.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.

Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

The devil's name is dullness.

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.