“So odd to think of the Devil as a fumbler!”
Smiley's People (1979)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
John le Carré42
British novelist and spy 1931Related quotes
“Odd that we think definitions are definitive.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199702221943.LAA20388@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.”
Hyman George Rickover (1900–1986) United States admiral
The Rickover Effect (1992)
Theodore Roethke (1908–1963) American poet
Source: Poetry and Craft (1965), p. 89
“To be honest, I think cell phones were invented by the devil.”
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: NOS4A2
“Artists don’t live in the everyday world. That’s why people think they’re an odd bunch.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“What would you think the odds were that this town could keep that secret for this long?”
W. Mark Felt (1913–2008) Whistleblower who exposed the Watergate scandal
Benjamin C. Bradlee, former Executive Editor of the Washington Post, who, along with Woodward and Bernstein, were the only ones publicly known to know the identity of "Deep Throat."