Eccentrics Quote by Sydney J. Harris

“People are so rarely villains in their own minds.”

— Rachel Hawkins

“The alternative to villains who have done something wrong is a universe where bad things sometimes happen to people who don’t deserve them.”

— Megan McArdle

“As I glanced at the phraseology of the research report, dull and unfathomable to outsiders like me, I thought that if you have the…

— Jon Ronson

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

— Gerard Way

Villains are mostly just people villainized by circumstance

— Chris Colfer

People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.

— Ryan Reynolds

What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.

— Christopher Priest

“...if you have the ambition to become a villain, the first thing you should do is learn to be impenetrable. Don’t act like Blofeld—monocled…

— Jon Ronson

“The problem with heroes and villains is that it’s not always easy to tell which is which. Particularly when you are one.”

— Jessica Meats

“What separates a villain from a hero are the decisions and choices he makes. Being ‘good’ and ‘moral’ is hard work, often painful and…

— Sacha Black

Natural villains are hard to come by, what with all the shrinks and social-scientist types threatening to understand everybody into the ground.

— Shana Alexander

I suppose my understanding of villains is that they're just people who are infected by all of the darker instincts - that they haven't…

— Tom Hiddleston