A Devil In The Details Quotes & Sayings

Homes, Gamache knew, were a self portrait. A person's choice of color, furnishing, pictures, every touch revealed the individual. God, or the devil, was in the details. And so was the human. Was it dirty, messy, obsessively clean? Were the decorations chosen to impress, or were they a hodgepodge of personal history? Was the space cluttered or clear? He felt a thrill every time he entered a home during an investigation. — Louise Penny

Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the details and hell abides in the small print. — Iain M. Banks

He could wait while I threw some laundry in. That's right ladies. I do laundry. — K.A. Stewart

There's a tendency at the senior and middle-manager level to be too big-picturish and too superficial. There is a phrase, "The devil is in the details." One can formulate brilliant global strategies whose executability is zero. It's only through familiarity with details - the capability of the individuals who have to execute, the marketplace, the timing - that a good strategy emerges. I like to work from details to big pictures. — Andy Grove

Since the Devil is in the details...
I don't think I'll elaborate. — Alan VanMeter

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a detail. — Hyman Rickover

Alright then. Remember kid, the devil is in the details. Paris. Nineteen eighty-four. — K. Larsen

God is present in the sweeping gesture, but the devil is in the details. — John Darnielle

I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now. — Young Thug

With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that compromises our needs - now or in the future. — John B. Larson

Do I look like a sex-symbol or a pin-up boy? It's just that my father presented me like a dream. — Hrithik Roshan

She was a dog whose supper bowl was currently lodged in a different corner of the multiverse entirely, but who had no concern about that as long as her master whistled for her. — Terry Pratchett

Things can happen when you least expect them so you always gotta be prepared. And pay attention to the details. The devil is in the details. — Lesley Kagen

When I look back on my life, I marvel at how it hasn't been the major decisions that have most impacted its course. It's been the tiny, seemingly inconsequential ones. Think about it. Think about the sudden events that have affected your life. With most of them, wasn't it just a matter of seconds one way or the other? Wasn't it the little decisions that caused you to cross this street or that, to move yourself into or out of harm's way? These are the things that get you in the end. Who you marry, what you choose as your profession, how you were raised - yes, that is the big picture. But, as they say, the devil's in the details. Well, — Lisa Unger

I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool. — Rachel Nichols

If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take part in theirs, as long as they do not harm the person or property of a non-consenting other, of course. IT'S JUST common sense. It's also constitutional and it forms the cornerstone of the American ideal: free individual expression, tolerance and compassion. — Peter McWilliams

She thanked me again and then said, 'Some people say 'God is in the details.' Others say it's the Devil.' Margaret replied, 'Maybe it depends on who's reporting the details. — E.L. Konigsburg

At the back of my mind I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up since I didn't seem to be getting any better at goalkeeping. — Ian Colquhoun

They say that God is in the details. Then again, they also say that the Devil is in the details. Boy, talk about awkward ... — Dana Gould

The devil may in the details, but I've a firm conviction many angels reside there as well. — Sarah A. Chrisman

When it comes to creating compelling fiction, the devil may be in the details, but it is your imagination that ultimately allows your work to spread its wings and take flight. And fly it must. Only by soaring above the clouds of doubt can one truly achieve a suspension of disbelief — Max Hawthorne

concept: the universe hears you crying and sings a little song for you. the universe hopes you can hear it — L.J. Buchanan

Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how different
and how awful
life is for those who live in North Korea. The devil is in the details here, for her gritty narrative focuses on everyday events to reveal how repression shapes daily life, even for the most privileged. Yet Kim also bears witness to that part of the human soul that no oppressor can ever claim. — Carlos Eire

Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there, too - everyone says so - but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be, you know. — Stephen King

The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation. — Hyman G. Rickover

In wretched outcomes, the devil is in the details. — Jane Jacobs

The devil is in the detail. — Paulo Coelho

Who you marry, what you choose as your profession, how you were raised - yes, that is the big picture. But, as they say, the devil's in the details. — Lisa Unger

Seek first the Kingdom of God: that is, the first order of business is to transform one's own inner life, not the accumulation of external trappings of speculative knowledge. — John D. Caputo

The devil is in the details. So, sometimes, is salvation. — Karen Marie Moning

Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details. — Tom Peters

When it comes to politics today, the devils' not in the details; the devil's in the big picture, more often than not just hiding in plain sight. — Marianne Williamson

I hold no preconceived prejudice against anyone," he'd said, "because to do so is utter folly for someone in my line of work. It's only ignorance that causes individuals to label an entire race as either good or bad. These are generalities so broad as to be both worthless and dangerous. I deal only in specifics. God as they say, is in the details. I must focus on the unique traits of the individual in order to tailor an illusion that will ultimately enchant. To see others in this manner is to never give in to labeling. To fail to do this is the equivalent of putting on a blindfold. Do you understand? The devil is in the details. — Jeffrey Ford

In an industry that has the capacity underutilization that we have, why wouldn't we? It's just common sense. Apparently they're successful (in Canada). Our standard approach is not to cookie cut things. Every market is different, every theater is different. The devil's in the details. — Gerry Lopez

The devil's in the details! — Dana Gaines Robinson