Behaved Quotes
172 quotes by 159 authors
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When I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card. (Sadie Lancaster - to Lara…
— Sophie Kinsella
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The truth is, if a werewolf behaved like this psychopath it wouldn't be because he was part animal, but because he was still too human.…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Didn't you have any sadistic nannies who told you these tales to keep you quiet and well behaved at night? Heavens, what's to become of…
— Libba Bray
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What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?
— Henry David Thoreau
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Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in…
— Paulo Coelho
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That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to.
— Scott Westerfeld
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Sunday, January 27, 1884. -- There was another story in the paper a week or so since. A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he…
— Beatrix Potter
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I was not much afraid of punishment, I was only afraid of disgrace.But that I feared more than death, more than crime, more than anything…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in…
— Isabel Allende
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But I replied that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me, besides music, was all the saints I met, who could be anywhere. By…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
— Anne Lamott
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When I had finished the book I knew that no matter what Scott did, nor how he behaved, I must know it was like a…
— Ernest Hemingway
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It’s the well-behaved children that make the most formidable revolutionaries. They don’t say a word, they don’t hide under the table, they eat only one…
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Marissa laughed, utterly delighted with her mate. "Later. Food first." Butch settled back immediately, like she'd called his lust to a heel and it behaved…
— J R Ward
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Beck behaved himself, though it was really difficult, especially during the slow dances when they were so tantalizingly close. He savoured the feel of her…
— Jana Oliver
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I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is…
— Nikki Giovanni
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Hello, Uncle Brother Zachariah," James said without opening his eyes. "I would say that I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm sure this is the…
— Cassandra Clare
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Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.
— W. S. Gilbert
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I was not very well-behaved. I remember I was a discipline problem. I was a typical American male at twenty years old, and I was…
— Peter DeLuise
Who Wrote These Behaved Quotes
159 authors contributed a total of 172 Behaved Quotes, led by these top contributors: