quotes about Demon
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I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.
-- Ab-Soul -
But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
-- Adeline Yen MahSource : Adeline Yen Mah (1999). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
-- Agnes de Mille -
Demons don't play by the rules. They lie and they cheat and they stab in the back.
-- Alan Grant -
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But nobody can run from their own demons.
-- Alexander Gordon SmithSource : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 2: Solitary”, p.3, Faber & Faber
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It may be a childish torment, but we do not get to choose our demons.
-- Andrew Sean GreerSource : Andrew Sean Greer (2008). “The Story of a Marriage: A Novel”, p.164, Macmillan
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In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?
-- Anne Rice -
The Presence of the demon keeps the chakra from doing its job, but that challenge also forces us to bring more awareness to that job, so eventually we can do it better.
-- Anodea Judith -
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I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon.
-- Anthony Hopkins -
In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate!
-- Arina Tanemura -
You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.
-- August Wilson -
Do you know that every unbeliever is filled with a demon spirit?
-- Benny Hinn -
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Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.
-- Brom -
Got demons on both shoulders.
-- Busta RhymesSource : Song: Why We Die, Album: Anarchy, 2000
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We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond comprehension. Remove societal restraints on some evils and one can expect the demons to be freed to conduct other evil acts.
-- Cal Thomas -
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
-- Carlos Santana -
For lack of a better word, acting is therapeutic. You really are breaking down barriers, exorcising demons and finding more out about yourself.
-- Charlie Bewley -
I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.
-- Chris Farley -
Demons are former celebrities who prey on their own insecurities.
-- Chuck Palahniuk -
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It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That's the mystery of heroin.
-- Corey Feldman -
A comedian is not funny unless he is taking his demons out for a walk.
-- Cynthia Heimel -
Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called to fill in the gaps that science did not understand.
-- Dan BrownSource : Dan Brown (2009). “Angels & Demons - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.22, Simon and Schuster
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Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.â€)
-- Dan Harris -
The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying
-- Darren Shan -
Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon.
-- Dave SimSource : "Church & State volume I". Comic Book by Dave Sim, 1987.
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The demons were protecting me. I had nothing to fear from the police.
-- David Berkowitz -
I'm gonna abandon my spirit to them, which is actually what I attempt to do. You work yourself up into that state and you fall in supplication of the demon gods.
-- David Lee Roth -
Mysticism and the supernatural are embedded in the show - it's called 'Da Vinci's Demons' for a reason, and it's not just metaphorical.
-- David S. GoyerSource : "David S. Goyer Explains His ‘Graphic Novel’ Approach to Renaissance Intrigue in ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’". Interview with Alison Willmore, www.indiewire.com. April 9, 2013.
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The Mum has the temper of a demon with a diaper rash. (Shamus)
-- Devon MonkSource : Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.123, Penguin
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There is nothing more to controlling demons than to do good and fear nothing.
-- Eliphas Levi -
the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.
-- Elizabeth George SpeareSource : Elizabeth George Speare (1961). “The bronze bow”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
-- Elizabeth Gilbert -
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You gotta be crazy to open your windows, invite the demons in.
-- Ellen Hopkins -
Something stirred beneath my skin, some being inside I'd only suspected existed, demon or angel, I couldn't say.
-- Ellen Hopkins -
With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.
-- Elon MuskSource : "Elon Musk says ‘we are summoning the demon’ with artificial intelligence", www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2014.
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Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche -
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Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche -
The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.
-- Galeazzo Ciano -
Fear distorts the world. Fear sees demons where only shadows dwell.
-- Gavin Extence -
My demon's a girl? Gideon said, astonished.
-- Gena Showalter -
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My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.
-- GG Allin -
My demons and I are not compatible. We never have been and never will be.
-- GG Allin -
[Wendy Davis is] ruled by a demon of murder.
-- Gordon Klingenschmitt -
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He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels
-- Henri MichauxSource : Henri Michaux (1994). “Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984”, p.176, Univ of California Press
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if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well?
-- Henry David Thoreau -
All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep them on a leash
-- Hozier -
It's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.
-- Hugo Weaving -
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I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot.
-- Ingmar BergmanSource : Ingmar Bergman (1990). “Images: my life in film”, Arcade Publishing
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I wondered if the Demon that whispered "Why not be free?" was Freedom itself.
-- Inio Asano -
Upon the demon-ridden pilgrimage of human life, what next I wonder.
-- Iris Murdoch -
I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I'm super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.
-- J. Cole -
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Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.
-- Jack McDevitt -
‎'The demon cried, waving its furry arms above his head like a demented orangutan.
-- Jana Oliver -
Libraries and demons," she muttered. "What is the attraction?
-- Jana OliverSource : Jana Oliver (2010). “Retro Demonology”, p.9, Macmillan
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Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.
-- Janwillem van de WeteringSource : Janwillem Van De Wetering (2003). “Just a Corpse at Twilight”, p.118, Soho Press
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We're going to knock those demons out and slay them with the power of Jesus. Hallelujah, can I get an amen?- Timmie
-- Jeaniene Frost -
I believe in possibility, but I'm not sure I believe in demons.
-- Jennifer CarpenterSource : Interview with Chris Carle, au.ign.com. September 8, 2005.
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We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.
-- John Burroughs -
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Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.
-- John Lennon -
The killing of everyone was the easy part, the most difficult part was lathering them up and shaving them, that's the part that freaked me out the most in [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ].
-- Johnny Depp -
Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.
-- Joni Mitchell -
Human beings have hope. Not matter how desperate things are, they convince themselves that they can change things for the better." - John Gregory (Clash of the Demons)
-- Joseph Delaney -
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We have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.
-- Judy Collins -
All actors are on the run from some demon or other.
-- Julian SandsSource : "The Delightfully Prickly Julian Sands". Interview with Michelle Orange, www.ifc.com. August 3.
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A vegetarian? Are you insane? That's worse than bein' a quarter demon!
-- Kami Garcia -
Demon, angel, all the same thing if you go back far enough, or cut deep enough.
-- Kelley Armstrong -
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You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.
-- Kinky Friedman -
My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.
-- Kirstie AlleySource : "Kirstie Alley: 'I ate a lot of butter'" by Alex Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. May 6, 2009.
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He who is neither human nor demon is not the dawn nor the dusk.
-- Kohta Hirano -
I suggested that someone grab Bill Gates and get him to install a new operating system, but apparently he's not a demon" At Reaver's eye roll she nodded. "Right? I was surprised too.
-- Larissa Ione -
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I could say I think coulds are pretty, and you'd say they're only pretty to demons.
-- Larissa Ione -
I swear, I’ve never met any demon as annoying as you are.†“You haven’t met my youngest brother.
-- Larissa Ione -
Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.
-- Laurell K. HamiltonSource : FaceBook post by Laurell K Hamilton from Jan 22, 2014
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Every religion has demons.... Nothing like a real, live demon to give you some of that old-time religion.
-- Laurell K. Hamilton -
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For all things turn to barenness In the dim glass the demons hold The glass of outer weariness Made when God slept in times of old
-- Loreena McKennittSource : Song: Ce Hé Mise le Ulaingt
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Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.
-- Mario Vargas Llosa -
Theology without practice is the theology of demons
-- Maximus the Confessor -
I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.
-- Michael Bergin -
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I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in.
-- Naomi WattsSource : Interview with Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. October 29, 2007.
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Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does ... Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.
-- Neil Gaiman -
If you don’t deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it’s gonna hurt.
-- Nikki Sixx -
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I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.
-- Nina Arianda -
I can't drown my demons. They know how to swim.
-- Oliver Sykes -
After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
-- Oren PeliSource : "'Paranormal activity' director Oren Peli on what scares him during Halloween" by Adam Rosenberg, www.mtv.com. October 26, 2009.
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Maybe that's all demons ever are. People like us, doing things without even knowing what we're doing.
-- Orson Scott Card -
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Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.
-- Pema Chodron -
We have to try really hard to not accidentally summon a demon.
-- Peyton Manning -
I'm not trying to become the demon I'm fighting against
-- Professor Griff -
Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.
-- Ray LaMontagne -
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Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.
-- Remy de GourmontSource : Remy De Gourmont (1992). “The Angels of Perversity”
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You're always searching for the thing to heal you, and I thought therapy would give me that. But it didn't - it just helps you recognize your demons.
-- Rick Springfield -
Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons.
-- Robert Breault -
I never thought... that someone liked me... not like a demon... not like a half-demon... not even like human... just like... just like me!" -Inuyasha
-- Rumiko Takahashi -