Devil Quote by Helen Cresswell Download Open image “I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it.” — Helen Cresswell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Devil Idle Idleness Procrastination Work
Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
An idle mind is not necessarily a devil's workshop but negative thoughts. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The idle man is the Devil's cushion, on which he taketh his free ease: who, as he is uncapable of any good, so he… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning. — Helen Cresswell Copy Share Image
There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing. — Helen Cresswell Copy Share Image
Machines are the opium of the masses. If all the machines in England were thrown into the North Sea tomorrow, we should be back… — Helen Cresswell Copy Share Image
“Further communication with her husband seemed hopeless. Between them yawned the chasm that divides those who have consumed champagne before breakfast from those who… — Helen Cresswell Copy Share Image
A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely. — Helen Cresswell Copy Share Image
The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight! — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials. — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire “The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
