Quotes About Scheming

While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

For as long as I could remember, a part of me had been waiting for the day it would happen; with the cunning that comes to people whose minds have been stripped to one desire, she picked the only day we weren't waiting for.

In one of the most memorable lines that he ever put on paper, Van Buren wrote, "You might as well turn the current of the Niagara with a ladies fan as to prevent scheming and intrigue at Washington.

Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.

que el que ayuda a otro a hacerse poderoso causa su propia ruina. Porque es natural que el que se ha vuelto poderoso recele de la misma astucia o de la misma fuerza gracias a las cuales se lo ha ayudado.

No sin cierto remordimiento, me sentía como un Stalin que ríe entre dientes mientras piensa: «Haced, haced, pobres bolcheviques, que yo sigo estudiando en el seminario de Tiflis y después del plan quinquenal me encargo yo.»

A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and insipid.

Cunning and treachery proceed from want of capacity.

Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion, and to some great end.

Sebastian never does anything just for fun." Jace took Clary's hand and pulled her toward him. "But I do.

That's right," he said. "I created a a bunch of Forsaken Warriors, had them attack the Institute and kill Madeleine and nearly kill the rest of us, just so that I could keep Clary from at home. And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working.

Iago shrugged his furry shoulders. "As you like. Saves me the work of picking the lock with my incisor.

Horses are far worse than men for treachery...

They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night.

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity a a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway.

What the devil's wrong with devious? Devious gets the job done, doesn't it?

Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked…

Being mad, he failed to take into account the scheming of irresponsible politicians. Being mad, he believed that other governments would act in accordance with the principles of mercy and common sense.

Look we didn't break in, we conned our way in.' - Ruby 'Oh that makes it so much better.' - Hitch

Palpatine laughed without merriment. "What could you possibly have to offer someone like me?" "Just this." She opened the soft shoulder bag to reveal a humanoid infant of less than a standard year in age. The infant's hairless head was stippled with an array of short but still pliant horns, and its entire body had been garishly and ceremonially tattooed in red and black pigments.

Plagueis stood and touched him on the shoulder. 'No, Lord Sidious. Because we are the end of the line.' He gestured broadly. 'Everthing done here has been for a single purpose: to extend our reign indefinitely.

There is no fouler fiend than a woman when her mind is bent to evil.

I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.