Devil Quote by Heywood Broun Download Open image “Only Puritans think of the Devil as the most fascinating figure in the universe.” — Heywood Broun ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Devil Fascinating Figures Puritan Thinking Universe
I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys. Because to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The process of dehuminazing the locals was under way, and it had very little to do with veracity. The Puritan narratives would continue that… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
The God of the Puritans...was a monster too horrible to contemplate. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
A puritan is such a one as loves God with all his soul, but hates his neighbor with all his heart. — Adam Nicolson Copy Share Image
“In reality the puritans and the humanists were quite often the same people.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As to what the things were—explanations naturally varied. The common name applied to them was “those ones,” or “the old ones,” though other terms… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most startling reversal of tradition came in the case of Lefty Grove. He shattered the cruel slanders which have always followed lefthanders. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Every now and then, we hear parents commenting on the fearful things which motion pictures may do to the minds of children. They seem… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to say that Sacco and Vanzetti are being railroaded to the chair. The situation is much worse than that. This is… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
We are under no delusions as to the innate goodness even of very small children. They are bad a great deal of the time,… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with." — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Men build bridges and throw railways across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The ablity to make love frivolously is the thing which distinguishes human beings from the beasts. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.” — Michael Arnold Copy Share Image
“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky 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
