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Quotes About Mischief

Mischief twinkled in his eyes. 'Okay' isn't even close. Kissing you is like a roller-coaster ride to outer space. The farther we go, the more I'm lost and the more I want to explore new territory
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Maybe I could... secretly fix a trailer onto the car when Luke ins't looking? Ot maybe I could wear all my clothes, on top of each other, and say I'm feeling a bit chilly...
~ Sophie Kinsella
By now it is customary, indeed obligatory, to regard Hitler's speeches as nothing but falsehoods aimed at fomenting mischief and stirring up hate, but Hitler was like any skilled fabricator: he interwove the true with the false, using the former to convince his hearers of the latter.
~ John Mosier
Poison is seldom taken in the gross; but, if mingled with food, the mischief is not suspected until it is discovered by the effect.
~ John Newton
I was gonna steal me a dog.
~ Barbara O'Connor
The daughter is the goddess, separately or together, of Infatuation, Mischief, Delusion and Blind Folly, rendering her victims "incapable of rational choice" and blind to distinctions of morality and expedience.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
If I were a king, the mischief would be much greater; for I should ruin not only myself, but my subjects.
~ barbauld anna letitia ii
Who am I to be marryin' people?" Little Will smiled with a hint of mischief, "Waxy, who better than the boss harness man to tie the know?
~ Barry B. Longyear
People do crazy things when bored. I'm sitting at home with nothing to do, looking at the cats, and think, "I'll teach the cats to wrestle." You should never teach cats to wrestle, but if you do, here's how: Get two cats. Take cat number one, and rub catnip all over hime. Put him next to cat number two. The rest just sort of happens.
~ Basil White
My special thing as a kid was to play dead because I thought I was really good at it. When I was 7 or 8, I even did it in the bathroom with a hair dryer in the bathtub. I realized that I was good at it because each time my mom would scream.
~ Daniel Bruhl
I like to put shaving cream in the door handle of people's cars and that kind of thing.
~ Joshua Malina
I'm a prankster and I love to laugh and have fun.
~ Kenya Moore
And it's a wonderful thing to be a boy, to go roaming where grown-ups can't catch you, and to chase rats and kill birds and shy stones and cheek carters and shout dirty words. It's a kind of a strong, rank feeling, a feeling of knowing everything and fearing nothing, and it's all bound up with breaking rules and killing things.
~ George Orwell
The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.
~ George Orwell
A bird's wing, comrades,' he said, 'is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg. The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.
~ George Orwell
He was not perfect; he was, remember, a little boy. Could be wild, naughty, overwrought. He was a boy. However - it must be said - he was quite a good boy.
~ George Saunders
You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself
~ Georgette Heyer
And that reminds me, Mama! I have just intercepted another of that puppy's floral offerings to my sister. This billet was attached to it." (Charles)
~ Georgette Heyer
I may be a little fool,' retorted Miss Challoner, plucking up spirit, 'but at least I meant it for the best. While as for you, my lord, you meant nothing but wicked mischief right from the start.
~ Georgette Heyer
I think some horse snot flew out and landed on me," yelled Benny. A
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
'Toast' is based on a bunch of actors but especially one guy. I worked with him on a film and realise that if I mentioned any actor who was around his age but more successful, it would drive him insane. So from sheer devilment, I'd do it on purpose.
~ Matt Berry
Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
~ Jane Austen
I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy.
~ Matt Bomer
From November through December, 'tis the season for 'Home Alone!'
~ Catherine O'Hara