Sinister Quotes

124 quotes by 110 authors

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. — William Blake
There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there… — Alexander McQueen
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best… — Learned Hand
[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by the lights of… — Winston Churchill
Across the communication landscape move the specters of sinister technologies and the dreams that money can buy. — J. G. Ballard
The self-anointed media elite among us believe, somewhat self-servingly, that not only the act, or process of making a profit is positively sinister, but also… — Lachlan Murdoch
Observers in the full enjoyment of their bodily senses pity me, but it is because they do not see the golden chamber in my life… — Helen Keller
There is, it appears, a conspiracy of scientists afoot. Their purpose is to break down religion, propagate immorality, and so reduce mankind to the level… — H. L. Mencken
Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Louis Bernacchi
I felt an absolutely indescribable sense of menace. It was hell on earth to be there [in the presence of the entities], and yet I… — Whitley Strieber
To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as… — Christopher Hitchens
Users of clichÃ©s frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War produces many euphemisms,… — Patrick Cockburn
Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings. — Bayard Rustin
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of… — George Washington
We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still… — William James
Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the… — Victor Hugo
The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across the communications landscape… — J. G. Ballard
The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an inexorable process of… — Octavio Paz
In the United States...politics is purged of all menace, all sinister quality, all genuine significance, and stuffed with such gorgeous humors, such inordinate farce that… — H. L. Mencken
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot of isolated individuals… — Agnes de Mille

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