Sinister Quotes

124 Sinister quotes by 108 unique authors

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. — Hermann Hesse
It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a… — D. H. Lawrence
I may have taken someone through the wringer psychologically, but I've never been sinister. — John Mayer
For long the two enemies looked at one another, Hook shuddering slightly, and Peter with the strange smile upon his face. "So, Pan," said Hook… — James M. Barrie
For years I felt that being respectable meant maintaining a sinister complacency, and the disreputable freedom I sought helped make me a writer. — Paul Theroux
If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they… — Rita Dove
All through my life I've had this strange unaccountable feeling that something was going on in the world, something big, even sinister, and no one… — Douglas Adams
An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something… — David Foster Wallace
Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But… — William Shakespeare
At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you… — Daniel Handler
This surpassed the fear of death. Death would be a mercy if it would make the feeling stop, the uncontrollable panic mingling with the mind-scrambling… — Brandon Mull
...she moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness. — Thomas Hardy
Moral indignation is one of the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as it can always be diverted to sinister uses… — Bertrand Russell
I love the night passionately. I love it as I love my country, or my mistress, with an instinctive, deep, and unshakeable love. I love… — Guy de Maupassant
Edward smiled, I smiled, even Bernardo smiled. Olaf just looked sinister. — Laurell K. Hamilton
I will always be the virgin-prostitute, the perverse angel, the two-faced sinister and saintly woman. — Anais Nin
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a… — Zadie Smith
Nothing sinister. Just getting exercise. Although some might consider that sinister. — Marian Keyes
He was never more sinister than when he was most polite... — James M. Barrie
Uh-huh. You know with that sinister tone you should look into working for the IRS. I’m sure they’re desperate for people who can cow others… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight… — Thomas Ligotti
There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit. — William S. Burroughs
In order to arouse sympathy, the aristocracy was obliged to lose sight, apparently, of its own interests, and to formulate its indictment against the bourgeoisie… — Karl Marx
A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain,… — Edward Gorey
Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton and… — Theodore Roosevelt

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