Dawn crept over the Downs like a sinister white animal, followed by the snarling cries of a wind eating its way between… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
The spirit of the place is a strange thing. Our mechanical age tries to override it. But it does not succeed. In… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may… — William James Copy Share Image
There's a clean simplicity to the plotting of 'Sinister,' whether you like it or not. And the scares are deliberate and even… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I like being able to bounce between writing movies for people like Kevin Sorbo to making very personal films like orange county… — Evan Jacobs Copy Share Image
A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
True, the name of the product wasn't so great. Kindle? It was cute and sinister at the same time - worse than… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
You have to be kind of alerted to the fact that clowns are scary and then you can't look at them the… — Reece Shearsmith Copy Share Image
In the United States...politics is purged of all menace, all sinister quality, all genuine significance, and stuffed with such gorgeous humors, such… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I like using odd materials or odd components for embroideries. I've always liked that Elsa Schiaparelli world of playing with unusual objects… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
“The unknown grayish mystifying forest was benumbed into frost-covered cold, and the tremendous pines towering above the dark marshy soil resembled a… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
“[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evidence is mounting… — Arthur L. Herman Copy Share Image
Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The trouble is now, with rock'n'roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Actually, the suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas.… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I regret trusting The Guardian. I didn't want to do an interview, but the journalist was persistent. [The writer] was masked as… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
A lot of Appalachian music has a certain haunted, foggy feel to it; a certain sinister quality. And that transcends who is… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Amis is acutely, vibrantly sensitive to the different registers of laughter. He knows that it can be the most affirming and uniquely… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
In order to arouse sympathy, the aristocracy was obliged to lose sight, apparently, of its own interests, and to formulate its indictment… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Tis not the wholesome sharp mortality, Or modest anger of a satiric spirit, That hurts or wounds the body of a state,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image