Devil quotes

Devil

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Malcolm X
Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister

"When the people who are in power want to use again, create an image, to justify something that's bad, they use the press. And they'll use the press to create a humanitarian image, for a devil, or a devil image for a humanitarian. They'll take a person who's a victim of the crime, and make it appear he's the criminal, and they'll take the criminal and make it appear that he's the victim of the crime."

Malcolm X
Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister

"I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil."

Mother Angelica
Mother Angelica Nun, Television Personality

"Simply believing in the existence of God is not exactly what I would call a commitment. After all, even the devil believes that God exists. Believing has to change the way we live."

Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder Actor, comedian

"I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
Devil

"You can do anything in the world if you say "Hey man, don't blame me, the devil made me do it. It's an easy way to escape responsibility.""

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Joseph Prince Pastor
Devil

"Whatever your vocation is, you are destined to reign in life because Jesus is Lord of your life. When you reign in life, you reign over sin, you reign over the powers of darkness, and you reign over depression, over poverty, over every curse, and over every sickness and disease. You REIGN over the devil and all his devices!"

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Joyce Meyer Author, Speaker
Devil

"Anything that God wants you to have, there's no devil in hell and no person on earth that can keep you from having it if you just won't quit and give up."

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Aleister Crowley Occultist, Writer
Devil

"I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff."

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James Dean Actor
Devil

"I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself."

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Keanu Reeves Actor, Producer
Devil

"I went with an exorcist for a bit. I just want to know really practical things, like how do you hold someone possessed by the devil."

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