Great mischief comes from attempts to steady other people's altars. — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
“There is a point at which honesty becomes mischief. That's when your writing becomes irresistible.” — Daphne Athas Copy Share Image
I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief. — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
I know of nothing that is so degenerating and so dangerous as idleness, for the brain will seek out mischief. — Francis M. Lyman Copy Share Image
When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
Between frivolity and intentional mischief there is little difference, none in the results. — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create. — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It were well if there were fewer heroes; for I scarcely ever heard of any, excepting Hercules, but did more mischief than… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don't have time to get into mischief. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly. — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Chutzpah' is best defined as a small boy peeing through someone's letter box, then ringing the doorbell to ask how far it… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Not everybody wants to call sin 'sin'! Some call it mischief. Some call it rebellion. And hardly anybody can agree where we… — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Colonization means potential immortality for the human genus. Man's safety on Earth was never great, and it dwindles hourly. Disarmament, even world… — Poul Anderson Copy Share Image
See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A Jew cannot be a true patriot. He is something different, like a bad insect. He must be kept apart, out of… — Wilhelm II Copy Share Image
“On the flip side is Woody Allen’s nebbish observation: “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
“The place had enormous possibilities. He realized that at once. The stream, of course, was perfect for sailing toy boats, for skipping… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
We have a cunning adversary, who watches to do mischief, and will promote errors, even by the words of scripture. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The storm ate up September’s cry of despair, delighted at its mischief, as all storms are. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Negotiate with those who wish to talk - and take action against those who create mischief. — Mamnoon Hussain Copy Share Image
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Sex was like Disneyland to her: an allotment of organized wonders and legal mischief. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full… — Christopher Pike Copy Share Image
When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
She was a mischief, and that was a satisfaction; no longer was she a huntress of corralled game — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
