“In Hebrew, satan means an advocate of the alternative, the one who makes the arguments you don't know how to refute." Michelangelo… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
“When the late Pope John Paul II decided to place the woman so strangely known as “Mother” Teresa on the fast track… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
People have confused playing devil's advocate with being intelligent. — Cecily Strong Copy Share Image
If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it,… — Esme Raji Codell Copy Share Image
Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
This does not mean that the profession is about to abandon Darwin forever or indorse [sic] my views publicly. The situation remains… — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“Killing or eating animals is an act of beasts. Stirs within the devil. Sorry. It spurs evil. Thus is truth - at… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else. — Ingrid Weir Copy Share Image
If opponents of all important truths do not exist, it is indispensable to imagine them and supply them with the strongest arguments… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
That's one of those hazards of an interview: You get tired of your stock answer and you try to get creative and… — Doug Martsch Copy Share Image
