Whim Quotes

201 Whim quotes by 180 unique authors

The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From… — Terry Goodkind
All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him. — Hunter S. Thompson
History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women. — Michel Faber
Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could… — Anna Quindlen
One cannot bring children into a world like this. One cannot perpetuate suffering, or increase the breed of these lustful animals, who have no lasting… — Virginia Woolf
I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy… — Marquis de Sade
Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside just because their… — Philippa Gregory
They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be hurried by the… — Karen Maitland
She was afraid of all that and so much more, but what terrified her most was inside of her, an insect of unnatural intelligence who’d… — Dennis Lehane
God’s sovereign will is not at the whim and mercy of our person and individual responses to it. — R C Sproul
Nothing is stranger or more ticklish than a relationship between people who know each other only by sight, who meet and observe each other daily… — Thomas Mann
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we… — Annie Dillard
It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself… — Gretchen Rubin
There are some things more important than ourselves - more important than the limits of the present, and the whims of the now. There is… — Dan Wells
Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy. — Terry Goodkind
The heart was a weak, changeable thing, bent on nothing but love, and there could be no more fatal mistake than to make it your… — Cornelia Funke
There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined world or any… — Ian Mcewan
Love is not a whim. Love is not a flower that fades with a few fleeting years. Love is a choice wedded to action, my… — Brent Weeks
There is a subtle danger that leads people away from religion, prevents them from submitting to God as their Lord, and ultimately, brings numerous other… — Harun Yahya
You're not going,"he said as soon as she'd finished. "If I have to tie you up and sit on you until this insane whim of… — Cassandra Clare
I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle… — Elbert Hubbard
Animals shouldn’t be hunted and nature shouldn’t be disturbed, even destroyed, to benefit the whims of mankind — Charles Manson
It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim. — Cassandra Clare
You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you… — Scott Lynch
Like I said before, I don't know how helpful Inez will be, " she explained. "She's very eccentric and controlled by her whims. If she… — Richelle Mead

Who Wrote These Whim Quotes

180 authors contributed a total of 201 Whim Quotes, led by these top contributors: