Rogues Quotes · Page 3

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.

— Sophocles

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

— Alexandre Dumas

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

— Douglas William Jerrold

You want stealth? Be a rogue in 'World of Warcraft'.

— John Romero

Lawyers and rogues are vermin not easily rooted out of a rich soil.

— Horace Walpole

Rogues in rags are kept in countenance by rogues in ruffles.

— Alexander Pope

Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off!

— J. K. Rowling

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there…

— Sebastian Junger

The Russians and rogue actors, including ISIS - this is a serious part of the 21st century security challenge that we face.

— Jeb Bush

I never thought I’d say I’m so very glad you’re a rogue instead of an angel. But I suppose it’s all right…

— Johanna Lindsey

“I have several people among my acquaintances who might be described as 'fearsome rogues.' Did he give a name?”

— Pamela Belle

I have been called a Rogue Elephant, a Cannibal Shark, and a crocodile. I am none the worse. I remain a caged,…

— Wyndham Lewis

The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.

— Joe Lieberman

Torture continues to be practiced around the world by rogue regimes whose cruel methods match their determination to crush the human spirit.

— George W. Bush

I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be…

— William Shakespeare

There are benefits in the sense that there's still a certain level of confidence. But there are liabilities because you can coordinate…

— Ted Gup

Give up salt, give up sugar, give up spices, give up vegetables, give up chutnies, give up tamarind. Serve Bhangis, serve rogues,…

— Sivananda

How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! But how hard to make a man appear a fool,…

— John Dryden

I'd never been interested in the Kennedy assassination until '88, when I read Libra. And from that point, I went out and…

— James Ellroy

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is…

— Charles Caleb Colton

I had never seen hair that purely black. It was glossy and slightly long, the ends drifting over his collar. That sexy…

— Sylvia Day

Like all animals, human beings have always taken what they want from nature. But we are the rogue species. We are unique…

— Edward Burtynsky

“I'll send a boy round to [the crazy farmer] Martin's and ask him to come by with a couple bottles." "Get five…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I tell people this over and over again: don't attach your faith to people. People will come and go. People will disappoint…

— Omar Suleiman

This will include the various methods of internal monitoring, attack and penetration, investigation of suspected hackers or rogue employees - and you…

— Donald Trump

The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to…

— Chalmers Johnson

It is inherently dangerous to allow a country such as Iraq to retain weapons of mass destruction, particularly in light of its…

— Stephen Harper

It can be frustrating and even frightening to observe the success which sometimes comes to outlaws and rogues who seem to refute…

— Michael Josephson

I run my own film school, the Rogue Film School, and I do it over three and a half days, eight hours…

— Werner Herzog

If I get clear of my debts, I care not though men call me bold, glib of tongue, audacious, impudent, shameless, a…

— Aristophanes

The last thing I would want is for Monbiot, Mann, Flannery, Jones, Hansen and the rest of the Climate rogues' gallery to…

— James Delingpole

A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces.

— Jonathan Swift

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

— Anthony Trollope

[Barack Obama] might say more about these rogue cops and their license to kill.

— Julianne Malveaux

A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.

— Oscar Wilde

The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

— Voltaire

An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

— Friedrich Schiller

Nothing spoils lunch any quicker than a rogue meatball rampaging through your spaghetti.

— Jim Davis

In any combat between a rogue and a fool the sympathy of mankind is always with the rogue.

— H. L. Mencken