Wanton Quotes

61 Wanton quotes by 55 unique authors

North Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror. Even more amazing? Not the worst review the movie got. — Tina Fey
In the midst of wanton aggression, we still call upon the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to return to the ways of peace… — David Ben-Gurion
If war can indeed be turned into a relic, then the virtue of greed will recede further. From a given society's standpoint, one big upside… — Robert Wright
It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and… — Daniel James Brown
Spain and southern Italy, in which Catholicism has most deeply implanted its roots, are even now, probably beyond all other countries in Europe, those in… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
To say that Romans 7 describes the Christian is to slight the grace of God and to foster wanton behaviour. — Jacobus Arminius
No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circumstances which render all intercourse of courtesy between the combatants impossible. It is a bad thing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
What harm cause not those huge draughts or pictures which wanton youth with chalk or coals draw in each passage, wall or stairs of our… — Michel de Montaigne
An echo of music, a face in the street, the wafer of the new moon, a wanton thought - only in the iridescence of things… — Logan Pearsall Smith
What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the… — Ludwig van Beethoven
I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some with honey. Fear not to approach! there are no wasps,… — Francis Quarles
I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My… — William Shakespeare
Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws. — Charles Kingsley
When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its key features will be the wanton slaughter of more than 170 million… — Walter E. Williams
These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers of civilians, and… — Winston Churchill
Success hath made me wanton. — Ben Jonson
Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek; Then off… — John Keats
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport. — William Shakespeare
But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty… — William Shakespeare
She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to… — Matthew Gregory Lewis
I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool. — W. Somerset Maugham
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? — Bertrand Russell
Listening (had there been any one to listen) from the upper rooms of the empty house only gigantic chaos streaked with lightning could have been… — Virginia Woolf
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
What’s your name, lad?” “Newton. Newton Pulsifer.” “LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling creature from the… — Neil Gaiman

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