7/17/2019 The Devil's Advocate Quotes

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John Milton: Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Submitted by Noma Q (19 months ago)

John Milton: Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings. Submitted by Apoorva G (2 years ago)

Kevin Lomax: Satan.John Milton: Call me Dad. Submitted by Ganesh K (2 years ago)

John Milton: Vanity, definitely my favorite sin. Submitted by Pawan P (2 years ago)

Christabella: Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Submitted by Shannon D (2 years ago)

Kevin Lomax: Lose?! I don't lose! I WIN! I'M A LAWYER! Submitted by Baurushan J (3 years ago)

John Milton: Vanity, definitely my favorite sin. Submitted by Tom V (3 years ago)

John Milton: You were right about one thing. I have been watching. Couldn't help myself. Watching, waiting, holding my breath. But I'm no puppeteer, Kevin. Idon't make things happen. Doesn't work like that. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: The law, my boy, puts us into everything. It's the ultimate backstage pass. It's the new priesthood, baby. Did you know there are more studentsin law school than lawyers walking the Earth? Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Law is the ultimate backstage pass. There are now more studentsin law schools than lawyers walking the streets.

Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Don't get too cocky, my boy. No matter how good you are, don't ever let them see you coming. That's the gaffe, my friend. You gotta keep yourself small. Innocuous. Be the little guy. You know, the nerd... the leper... shit-kickin' serf. Look at me. Underestimated from day one. You'd never think I was amaster of the universe, now would ya? Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Lawyers are the devil's ministry. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: That's our secret. Kill you with kindness. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

Mrs. Lomax: Behold I send you out as sheep amidst the wolves. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

Kevin Lomax: You know what scares me? I quit the case, she gets better... and

7/17/2019 The Devil's Advocate Quotes

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I hate her for it. I don't want to resent her! Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with thesedollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there? As we're scramblingfrom one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the planet? As the air thickens, the water sours, even bees' honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity... and it just keeps coming, faster and faster. There's no chance to think, toprepare; it's buy futures, sell futures... when there is no future. We got a runaway train, boy. We got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future. Every one of them is getting ready to fistfuck God's ex-planet, lick their fingersclean, as they reach out toward their pristine, cybernetic keyboards to tote uptheir fucking billable hours. And then it hits home. You got to pay your own way, Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

Kevin Lomax: Are we negotiating?

John Milton: Always. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

Kevin Lomax: Is this a test?Pam Garrety: Isn't everything? Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

Kevin Lomax: 'Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven', is that it?John Milton: Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began. I've nurtured every sensation man's been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him. In spite of all his imperfections, I'm a fan of man! I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist.

Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Don't get too cocky my boy. No matter how good you are don't ever let them see you coming. That's the gaffe my friend. You gotta keep yourself small. Innocuous. Be the little guy. You know, the nerd... the leper... shit-kickin' surfer. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: Vanity, definitely my favorite sin. Submitted by Karim Z (3 years ago)

John Milton: [about love] Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.

Submitted by Gendrith A (3 years ago)