When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should…

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

— Winston Churchill

Away, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play the saucy…

— William Shakespeare

Me, I'm still a rascal. Inside, I am still the kid I was. He guides me everyday.

— Tom Kaulitz

But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).

— Jean de La Fontaine

Hang him, swaggering rascal!

— William Shakespeare

I'm not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that I write. But I think the rascal spirit must reside in me…

— Christopher Moore

When I hear that a man is religious, I conclude he is a rascal!

— David Hume

This rascal ego must be obliterated.

— Swami Vivekananda

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Yeah, Dizzee Rascal is a huge influence on what I'm doing. I learnt a lot from him even though he's younger than me.

— Danny Brown

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.

— Voltaire

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

— Aristotle

“Unless one is at heart a rascal, I think he becomes a little better in many ways by assuming leadership.”

— Louis L'Amour

Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's…

— John Stuart Mill

“While I was growing up, I was mostly compliant and easy going. But sometimes I could be a little rascal.”

— Janell Haworth Desmond