Curses Quotes · Page 2

“You have been called to a life of blessing, don't descend to that of curses.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“Oh, by the thrice-beshitten shroud of Lazarus!”

— Hilary Mantel

That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.

— Ovid

Great wealth often curses all who touch it.

— Clarence Darrow

We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.

— Giovanni Ruffini

“Curses aren’t passive things. They’ll fight back.”

— David Levithan

“That bloody bastard! That thrice accursed son of a bitch!”

— Cornelia Funke

As words have an effective power of their own, curses reported against someone might turn against the speaker.

— Gustave Flaubert

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and…

— Terence

Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Early every morning an old woman goes to the market to curse a grocery clerk, who curses back.

— Mason Cooley

“If you ask me I don't think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That's enough.”

— Junot Díaz

“The trouble with atheism," Temoc said, "is that it offers a limited range of curses.”

— Max Gladstone

Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.

— Kanye West

“I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of…

— Perry Stone

“You may borrow them, if you wish," so I could avoid letting him startle me. "I'd like that very much." "I should…

— Steven Brust

“Moreover it is one of the greatest curses of religion that it takes only the very slightest twist of a knife tip…

— Louis de Bernières

“The power that works curses is the same one that works miracles, and the light that mortals seek casts the very shadows…

— The Black Castle Les Daniels

“Imperio!” Moody jerked his wand, and the spider rose onto two of its hind legs and went into what was unmistakably a…

— J.K. Rowling

As a doctor, as a man of science, I can tell you there is no such thing as curses Everything just happens…

— Andrew Schneider

“I’m not sayin’ that’s not a good idea, but yer not ter use magic in the Muggle world except in very special…

— J.K. Rowling

The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come…

— Terry Pratchett

“He thrust his shoulders back and spoke in a whisper that sounded like the hiss of a snake. ‘Yes, the very battle…

— Sara Pascoe

It's really sad how many people believe in curses.

— Peyton Hillis

“Curses are like chickens, they always come home to roost.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

“GOD can turn every curse into a blessings.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I married a saint - well, a saint who curses.

— Ray Romano

I don't believe in curses, I think you make your own destination.

— Manny Ramirez

There are no such things as curses; only people and their decisions

— Yvonne Wood

Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.

— Kanye West

Curses are like young chickens, theyalways come home to roost.

— Robert Southey

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

— Susanna Moodie

Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!

— Phyllis Bottome

“A man curses because he doesn't have the words to say what's on his mind.”

— Malcolm X

With a little help, most of life's curses can be a gift.

— Anonymous

“Careful what you say. God curses those who curse.”

— Oliver Pötzsch

“It's possible that all labels are curses. Unless they are on cleaning products.”

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

Though rain curses the window let the poem be made.

— Anne Sexton

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

— William S. Burroughs