Schemes Quotes

418 Schemes quotes by 363 unique authors

In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made… — Fred Rogers
I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic… — J.R.R. Tolkien
If we were left to ourselves with the task of taking the gospel to the world, we would immediately begin planning innovative strategies and plotting… — David Platt
Creating some god for one's inspirations was always a good way to avoid accusations of pride should the scheme succeed, as well as the blame… — Margaret Atwood
But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And… — Robert Burns
Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening. — George R. R. Martin
When you think about it in the big scheme of things our time together is like a dash of spice in a big cosmic soup… — Alyson Noel
No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and martyrs, truly vainglorious men. Archie was none of these. He was a man… — Zadie Smith
It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things. — Ian C. Esslemont
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. — Alan Moore
Olaf: Of course I'm trying to trick you! That's the way of the world, Baudelaires. Everyone runs around with their secrets and their schemes, trying… — Daniel Handler
Life's not linear at all. It happens in lighting flashes. So fast you don't see those lay-you-out cold moments coming at you until you're Wile… — Karen Marie Moning
It’s hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don’t even know about. — Holly Black
Maybe all the schemes of the devil were nothing compared to what man could think up. — Joe Hill
Make time for prayer and reflection; try to understand your value as a man on earth but see, too, your proper place in the scheme… — Elizabeth Berg
Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the… — C.S. Lewis
A: There is no grand scheme of things. B: If there were a grand scheme of things, the fact – the fact – that we… — Thomas Ligotti
I discover poetry when I was in elementary school and I was so fascinated by it. Because I realised if you get the right amount… — Taylor Swift
She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind. — Steig Larsson
The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through… — Charles Dickens
Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the day we ripped… — Homer
For a split second I felt as though she was nobody special in the larger scheme of my life. She was just some girl who… — Miranda July
He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station in life, which… — Leo Tolstoy
What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep into your skin"… — Holly Black
I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread. — Jennifer Estep

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