Perverse Quotes

151 Perverse quotes by 140 unique authors

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately. — Scott Adams
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. — Warren Buffett
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first… — Diane Arbus
There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing… — John Updike
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the… — Barbara Holland
A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We are perverse creatures and never satisfied. — Nan Fairbrother
Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place… — Irving Kristol
We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead… — William James
It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we… — Thomas Jefferson
The right procedure: You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election.… — Joseph Alleine
Colombe Josse is the older Jesse daughter. Colombe Jesse is also a sort of tall blonde leek who dresses like a penniless Bohemian. If there… — Muriel Barbery
Woman is a misbegotten man and has a faulty and defective nature in comparison to his. Therefore she is unsure in herself. What she cannot… — Albertus Magnus
Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by tragedy and defeat.… — Andrea Dworkin
Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade, and protectionism is… — George Stigler
I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse… — Augustus William Hare
To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a… — Thomas a Kempis
The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV… — Susan Sontag
I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I love Lady Gaga… — Helen Mirren
Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's… — Studs Terkel
Love is only a small thing, enough for one person, and any suggestion that the heart might be larger than this is considered perverse. — Paulo Coelho
All of my roles have had their own unique set of challenges, and I enjoy that in some perverse, masochistic way. I’m always dying though!… — Jared Leto
Every deadline was a crisis … No doubt it has something to do with a deep-seated personality defect, or maybe a kink in whatever blood… — Hunter S. Thompson
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in… — Mitch Daniels

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