Devious Quotes

56 quotes by 53 authors

There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take… — Sun Tzu
Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most direct and to… — Sun Tzu
What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force of 100 spears.… — Charlton Heston
The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. — Sun Tzu
There is in the American Government...a want of unity.... The Sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose or obey one… — James Bryce
The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are debating whether or not to go for the gusto, ask yourself this important… — Matt Groening
Our law very often reminds one of those outskirts of cities where you cannot for a long time tell how the streets come to wind… — Walter Bagehot
Are you a devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good, then you can be my most trusted advisor. — Terry Pratchett
After fifteen years of facing them (pitchers) you don't really get over them. They're devious. They're the only players in the game allowed to cheat.… — Richie Ashburn
I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. Iâ€™d break my wifeâ€™s legs if I played against her,… — Bill Shankly
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could. — Lord Mountbatten
The tools we use have a profound and devious influence on our thinking habits, and therefore on our thinking abilities. — Edsger Dijkstra
In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas… — Paul Scott
A HUMAN ELEMENT is an elegant and haunting first novel. Unrelenting, devious but full of heart. Highly recommended. — Jonathan Maberry
Dastardly devious, cleverly conceived, and just a whole lot of fun to read, DEATH PERCEPTION is Lee Allen Howard on fire and at his finest.… — Michael Arnzen
The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we… — Douglas MacArthur
You've read newspaper stories about elderly widows who die and leave their entire estates to their pet cats, right? Well, your cat reads those stories… — Dave Barry
What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is all a masquerade.… — Joy Williams
If there is any one thing most needed in this time of tumult and frustration, when men and women and youth and young adults are… — Ann M. Dibb
One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When they do something… — Thomas Sowell

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