Quotes About Mischief

Honestly, Henry, sometimes I wonder how you get into these things.

That Ramona! thought Henry. Always causing him trouble on his route.

He had a curiously stunted sense of humor and loved practical jokes that veered dangerously close to cruelty. Once on a hot day he filled a friend's water jug with kerosene and mirthfully stood by as the friend took a mighty swig. The friend ended up in the hospital.

Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions.

Barney's Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said Eat your peas. Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney's Mom never found out where he'd gone, Cause Barney didn't tell her. There his dad spent his life eating mice and gruel With every bite for fifty years he was sorry he'd been cruel

Hee hee hee! You should've seen the look on your face! If mom and dad cared about me at all, they'd buy me some infra-red nighttime vision goggles.

Oh lovely snowball, packed with care, smack a head that's unaware! Then with freezing ice to spare, melt and soak through underwear! Fly straight and true, hit hard and square! This, oh snowball, is my prayer. I only throw consecrated snowballs.

As it says in Job—"They that plow iniquity and sow mischief shall reap the same.

It is the exception that interests the devil.

turned and grinned at the littlest, with big brown eyes and peeling nose, pink and brown patches of skin, tow head, husky voice; he catapulted back into a bank of dry seaweed on the afterdeck and the other little boys laughed; big, bright awake eyes, dancing, merry; curious, and shy too; patched faded overalls; lean and brown and agile; pokes and fisticuffs. Mice and squirrel and cocker spaniel faces.

An idle mind is the Devil's seedbed.

Stefan spat. Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.

He doesn't need my help coming up with pranks. He's got too many ideas of his own. - Daja referring to Briar in their first year at Discipline cottage

You've been nipping at cook's wine!!

Aniki set her pot on the bench and scooped Pounce up. "I like bad lads with black hearts," she proclaimed. Pounce struggled madly. This is undignified! he said. I am not a toy!

He loves to play, cat with rat.

Only because Gregory put a toad in my bed last night," Daphne bit off, "and Benedict's standing has never recovered from the time he beheaded my favorite doll.

Ah." Puck's emerald eyes sparkled with glee. And so they come crawling back for Puck's help after all. Tsk tsk." He shook his head and took another bite of the apple. How easy it is to forget grudges when someone has something you need.

Businessmen warned that idleness breeds mischief and-even worse-radicalism.

I tried to slap Ashley five, but instead I slapped her shoe. We giggled. Ashley put down her shoe and we tried again.

A dismal demon who was mostly mouth, he was ready at a moment's notice to offer misinformation on any subject. And, while he often tumbled heavily, it was never he who was hurt, but, rather, the unfortunate person on whom he fell.

I wouldn't like to be invisible for a day. But if I was... I'd probably be up to no good.

I used to irritate people. I'd give them a hard time, and when it drove them crazy, that was funny to me.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.