Schemes Quotes

418 quotes by 368 authors

I have no grand scheme. — Dave Attell
I'm scared of actors with a scheme. — Cate Blanchett
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long… — James Buchan
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial… — Edmund Burke
In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. — Samuel Butler
I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand… — Tony Campolo
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay… — Shirley Chisholm
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so,… — Winston Churchill
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. — Grover Cleveland
When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of my memories. She… — Martin Amis
It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity to use wealth… — Victor Niederhoffer
Organized religion: The world's largest pyramid scheme. — Bernard Katz
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. — James Drummond Burns
To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed. — Gertrude Jekyll
A garden scheme should have a backbone - a central idea beautifully phrased. — Edwin Lutyens
Sports don't matter in the grand scheme of things. But in the moment, when things are just right, they're the most important thing in the… — David Poole
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer months, before business, at Leipzig… — Arthur Harry Church
No scheme for a change of society can be made to appear immediately palatable, except by falsehood, until society has become so desperate that it… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe… — Thomas Jefferson
Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are something more than… — Thomas Hood

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