#mischief

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney. ↗

— Sharon Gless

#always #because #been #cagney #characters

Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#art

I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course. ↗

— Siouxsie Sioux

#amount #anger #been #certain #course

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#prison

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

— Eric Cantona

#i can #i think #laugh #mischief #myself

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#bill #congress #emergency #great #large

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. ↗

— Voltaire

#doing #doing good #found #good #hundred

You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And made them so there is this entirely different point of view about love and sex. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#different #entirely #feminine #god #had

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. ↗

— Hesiod

#does #evil #fashions #himself #mischief