Devious Quotes

56 quotes by 53 authors

When we think how narrow and devious this path of nature is, how dimly we can trace it, for all our lamps of science, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The mind is reluctant to embrace deep change, and will play devious games to maintain the status quo. — Kristin Linklater
Unable to create a meaningful life for itself, the personality takes its own revenge: from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity: raw… — Lewis Mumford
Everything is presented in as devious a manner as it could possibly be presented. — Jon Stewart
Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost. — William Cowper
Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never be fooled. It's… — David Hyde Pierce
When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the… — Brian Eno
Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive. — Anthony Hopkins
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running… — Charles Krauthammer
I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity. — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Because there is something in the touch of flesh with flesh which abrogates, cuts sharp and straight across the devious intricate channels of decorous ordering,… — William Faulkner
The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to… — Terry Pratchett
And the flesh is that reprehensible preference for self that lurks within every one of our hearts. It is that base and selfish instinct to… — Eric Ludy
How could you deal with a creature as devious as woman. — Christopher Moore
Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic--which was what all magic was--it was… — Robin McKinley
He is many things - dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy - but he comes from an age… — Michael Scott
Sometimes I'm so devious I confuse myself. — John Flanagan
If you show this devious little liar one atom's worth of compassion I will have you shot. — Elizabeth Wein
A devious spark lit through Al, making me smile. One way. It costs too much, he said. â€œThereâ€™s no inflation in the ever-after, Al.â€ Call… — Kim Harrison

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