Harmless Quotes

210 quotes by 190 authors

I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless. — Christopher Walken
In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather… — A. N. Wilson
If I'd known it was harmless, I'd have killed it myself! — Philip K. Dick
The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips, the daintiest dimples,… — Sarah Vowell
Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the… — Leo Tolstoy
You said, 'Theyâ€™re harmless dreamers and theyâ€™re loved by the people.' 'What,' I asked you, 'is harmless about a dreamer, and what,' I asked you,… — Tennessee Williams
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for… — Charles Caleb Colton
A little girl loves her bird--Why? Because it lives and feels; because it is helpless and harmless? A toad, likewise, lives and feels, and is… — Anne Bronte
As far as I was concerned men were something you had around the place, not particularly interesting, but quite harmless. I had never shown the… — Jeanette Winterson
Harmless as a setting dove," he agreed. "I'm too hungry to be a threat to anything but breakfast. Let a stray bannock come within reach,… — Diana Gabaldon
And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairy tale.' Well, thatâ€™s harmless, isnâ€™t it?' Yeah, but in fairy tales, when someone dies...… — Terry Pratchett
I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugar — James St. James
We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact.… — Margaret Atwood
...I would think how words go straight up in a thin line, quick and harmless, and how terribly doing goes along the earth, clinging to… — William Faulkner
The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. — William Golding
I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And… — Raymond Carver
Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy. — Kurt Vonnegut
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. — Charles Dickens
Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief… — Dan Simmons

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