Best 64 quotes in «mischief quotes» category

One mischief always introduces another.

Obedience, responsibility, rules and safety are loyal, inseparable playmates. But Love is their wise mother, who knows there are times to break them up, at least for a bit, lest they get into some kind of arrogant, bullish, mischief or completely shut out their other siblings - joy, common sense, and compassion.

Seropusly, why do flies line up in the sky every time someone lies? Hovering over they long to take the shit out from where It belongs so They compete to eat it alive.

That not adhering to those notions Reason dictates (concerning the nature of God), has been the occasion of all superstition, and those innumerable mischiefs that mankind (on account of religion) have done to themselves or to one another.

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man . . .” Evie chanted as she played with Stephen in the Challons’ private railway carriage. They occupied one side of a deep upholstered settee, with Sebastian lounging in the other corner. The baby clapped his tiny hands along with his grandmother, his rapt gaze fastened on her face. “Make me a cake as fast as you can . . .” The nursery rhyme concluded, and Evie cheerfully began again. “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake—” “My sweet,” Sebastian interrupted, “we’ve been involved in the manufacture of cakes ever since we set foot on the train. For my sanity, I beg you to choose another game.” “Stephen,” Evie asked her grandson, “do you want to play peekaboo?” “No,” came the baby’s grave answer. “Do you want to play ‘beckoning the chickens?’” “No.” Evie’s impish gaze flickered to her husband before she asked the child, “Do you want to play horsie with Gramps?” “Yes!” Sebastian grinned ruefully and reached for the boy. “I knew I should have kept quiet.” He sat Stephen on his knee and began to bounce him, making him squeal with delight.

Thank God for a little holy disobedience.

The place had enormous possibilities. He realized that at once. The stream, of course, was perfect for sailing toy boats, for skipping stones, and, in the event of failing inspiration, for falling into. Several of the trees appeared to have been specifically designed for climbing, and one huge, white old birch overhanging the stream promised the exhilarating combination of climbing a tree and falling into the water, all at one time.

Vengeance in bloom shone in her eyes and smiled on her lips.

...up to no good—and pleased about it.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody's destiny. She was proved to have been universally mistaken; and she had not quite done nothing — for she had done mischief.

Working for Master Mischief? This would be an act of sheer rebellion. Her parents would be livid if they ever found out. And it would be hilarious.

You!' Skeet bellowed. When uttered with just the right tone, this is the universal name for any boy. Accordingly, all heads snapped towards the angry master.

A learned woman is thought to be a comet that bodes mischief whenever it appears.

A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

The only known technique to an imitator is to steal and rephrase, then with a mischievous smile, he said, "i did it", without any confidence and prove.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief.

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

Greater mischief happens often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.

Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal.

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.

His subject is the "Origin of Species," & not the origin of Organization; & it seems a needless mischief to have opened the latter speculation at all.

I guess I love mischief as much as Amelia Bedelia. I simply enjoy laughing at life.

It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.

It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.

Other trades may fail. The agitator is always sure of his market.

Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it.

Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don't have time to get into mischief.

Passions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.

Sex was like Disneyland to her: an allotment of organized wonders and legal mischief.

She was a mischief, and that was a satisfaction; no longer was she a huntress of corralled game

The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty.

No greater mischief could be wrought Than love united to a jealous thought.

Religion hides many mischiefs from suspicion.

Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly.

These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.]

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.

Apparently when it's two people, it's quirky and funny, but when it's a person doing the same stuff on her own, it's rebellious and antisocial.

Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before the remedy is devised.

Are you planning to kiss me?' Aedan asked. 'No.' Emroy wrinkled a pimply nose. 'Then why are you standing so close?' Aedan's tone was perfect innocence.

Don't underestimate your own triumphs. Leave it to the enemy. # Krishn

Every last one of us has a spark of mischief in our eyes, and that spark of mischief is what connects us all. Not everybody has this. But we’re Carefree Scamps, all of us. And we make people laugh. These are the people whose friendships I value.