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Quotes About Mischief

Hay hombres perversos entre nosotros que fomentan las disensiones para pescar en río revuelto o por ambición.
~ Taylor Caldwell
Edgar Allan Poe had used the phrase "the imp of the perverse" to describe the temptation to do the wrong thing simply because you could, and for many people the imp had become more persuasive.
~ Ted Chiang
You sparkle with larceny.
~ Wilson Mizner
Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.
~ Chris Chocola
There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.
~ Alan Davies
I often think we do not take this business of photography in a sufficiently serious spirit. Issuing a photograph is like marriage: you can only undo the mischief with infinite woe.
~ H. G. Wells
There was a young man of Herne Bay who was making some fireworks one day: but he dropped his cigar in the gunpowder jar. There was a young man of Herne Bay.
~ Ogden Nash
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.
~ WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
~ Honore de Balzac
In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.
~ Winston Churchill
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
~ William Shakespeare
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
~ Hannah More
Don't you know about The Others? They're the ones that leave nails and broken glass on the road. They hide things when you're in a hurry. They've only got one arm and one leg each, you know. So they take single gloves and stockings, and they're frightfully keen on keys and unanswered letters.
~ Ngaio Marsh
I got caught doing graffiti with my friend in broad daylight once.
~ Lil Tracy
Young children are such nasty little beasts!
~ Jane Welsh Carlyle
A boy is naturally full of humor.
~ Robert Powell
Mikhail seated himself across the small table from her, his eyes drifting lazily, possessively, over her alluring curves. Why do you dress in men's clothes? he asked. She laughed, soft and melodious, and her eyes lit with mischief. Because I knew it would annoy you. He threw his head back and laughed. -Mikhail & Raven
~ Christine Feehan
She's evil. Evil, evil, evil. I want to see her naked.
~ Christopher Moore
Will there be heinous fuckery, Pocket?
~ Christopher Moore
Not yet! said she [Goneril], trying to roll me over and get back to smacking my bum. She honked my codpiece. You honked my codpiece. Aye, give it up, fool. [...]
~ Christopher Moore
It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.
~ Christopher Pike
Si realmente quisiera tomarte el pelo te dejaría calvo.
~ Christopher Pike
I felt like poisoning a monk.
~ Umberto Eco
E café con leche para dos,' Berrocal added with a wicked grin at the disappearing back.
~ Val McDermid