Top 25 Mischief Quotes of 44 - Page 2

Religion hides many mischiefs from suspicion.

Religion hides many mischiefs from suspicion.

Atheism, Suspicion, Mischief

Christopher Marlowe (2014). “Christopher Marlowe: Four Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus”, p.230, Bloomsbury Publishing

It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.

Charles James

Power Of One, Should, Mischief

"George III" by John Brooke, Panther, (pp. 363-364), 1974.

And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.

William Shakespeare

Heart, Mischief, Millions

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.668

He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

Kobe Bryant

Past, Fool, Mischief

Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.

Gautama Buddha

Sorrow, Mischief, Turns

after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

Washington Irving

Men, Mischief

Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief.

Thomas Jefferson

Constitution, Chains, Mischief

The best way of getting into something is to think of it as mischief.

Steve Aylett

Thinking, Way, Mischief

Other trades may fail. The agitator is always sure of his market.

Mary Augusta Ward

May, Failing, Mischief

I hope to live long and be happy. But I'd like to be remembered as somebody who did good rather than mischief.

Mary Archer

Long, Mischief, Hope To Live

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

Juvenal

Doors, Done, Mischief

Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before the remedy is devised.

Jean-Baptiste Say

Causes, Mischief, Remedy

Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.336

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

Hesiod

Evil, Doe, Mischief

The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government.

Henry Ward Beecher

Government, Anarchy, Mischief

Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

You get to have some mischief before you're basically a blackened banana, impotent, and nothing to be afraid of.

Guy Maddin

Bananas, Mischief

Interview with Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, collider.com. October 6, 2015.

Everybody has asked the question . . . 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us!

Frederick Douglass

Answers, Mischief

Frederick Douglass, James Daley (2013). “Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass”, p.57, Courier Corporation

I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.

Eric Cantona

Thinking, Laughing, Mischief

"Eric Cantona tells us about his new movie Looking For Eric and his most memorable football moments". Interview with The Ticket, www.mirror.co.uk. June 12, 2009.