Whim Quotes

I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that you sometimes lack. We have a very long history of importing Brits like Christopher Hitchens who are better at it than Americans are.

There's something whimsical, satirical, and silly about British humor, which Americans have always enjoyed, and lots of us come over here because we have an audience of people who enjoy it.

There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken.

Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one's self and because of just following one's whims.

I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.

Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.

If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.

Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

Read at whim! Read at whim!

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.

Solitude begets whimsies.

You must not ever stop being whimsical.

Living a life fully engaged in full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget.

So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.

This is truly marvelous work full of mystery, nostalgia, joy, The Color of Whimsy.

One who has loved truly can never lose entirely.

God loves us too much to indulge our every whim.

Truly, whoever we are, wherever we reside, we exist upon the whim of murderers.

Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms.

I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.

All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal whim of God.