For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mindTo do what other men have done. They follow in the beaten track, and out and in, and forth and back, and still their devious course pursue, to keep the path that others do.
Quotes about devious (16 Quotes)
It's very devious and insidious to see how -- once one permits a departure from the notion of the inherent good of life and the responsibilities that are owed to life -- that then it becomes very difficult to answer the question, 'Why not kill a person' ... People don't like to have the comparison made because it rightly makes all of us very uneasy, but there are some very striking analogies to what is happening now among us here in the United States and the Third Reich, Nazi Germany.
She would be better off politically not making a commitment that she wouldn't run for president if she were re-elected, ... Clearly, if (her Senate race) were going to be a squeaker, she'd better give a lot of thought to how she responds to that. But, if, as it appears, she's going to have a pretty easy time of it, why put herself in a position of looking hypocritical or devious
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 our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.
We all agree that parents have the primary responsibility of filtering the material that reaches children. However, children are often lured onto websites containing obscene material through the devious manipulation of search engines.
This was a devious and calculated act. It had a catastrophic effect on the company. The government must send a message to systems managers and people in trust that there will be a day of reckoning.
Good works never languish for want of funds the Lord will come to their rescue. Only it may take some time do not lose heart... You should not collect money in devious ways. Help should come from pious hearts, from well-earned money, from persons who know and appreciate the purpose for which they give. That is why I oppose all benefit shows, where you tempt people with a dance or a drama or a film and collect money for your pet plan.
The so-called pathological liar has learned from an early age that they get punished more often for telling the truth than they do for lying. They get so accustomed to devious behavior that they lie without much thought or emotion.
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
Subtle, clever brain, wiser than I am,by what devious means do you contriveto remain idle Teach me, O master.
When men, lost in the devious ways of error and self, have forgotten the heavenly birth, ... they set up artificial standards by which to judge one another.
It's like someone cutting up a loved one in front of you, all the time insisting they've got your best interests at heart. They're very devious nowadays.
Water ... which, though not absolutely necessary to a beautiful composition, yet occurs so often, and is so capital a feature, that is is always regretted when wanting and no large place can be supposed, a little spot can hardly be imagined in which it may not be agreeable it accommodates itself to every situation is the most interesting object in a landscape, and the happiest circumstance in a retired recess captivates the eye at a distance invites approach, and is delightful when near it refreshes an open exposure it animates a shade cheers the dreariness of a waste, and enriches the most crowded view in form, in style, and in extent, may be made equal to the greatest compositions, or adapted to the least it may spread in a calm expanse to sooth the tranquillity of a peaceful scene or hurrying along a devious course, add splendor to a gay, and extravagance to a romantic situation.
There's nothing devious about this. We wouldn't take this level of effort for something that wouldn't be legally sound. We went through a year of research and studying the Massachusetts constitution and the restrictions on citizen initiatives to make sure the language met the requirements. We believe it is constitutionally sound, and the attorney general, who doesn't agree with us, does also.
In effect it's an indictment of the vicious and devious tactics used by the administration to justify a war we never should have fought.
Not only have the police been devious and deceitful withus in our campaign to keep innocent men in prison, ... far worse, after having a child killer, the police have deceived Mr. and Mrs. Bridgewater.