#wicked

People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#good-and-evil #temptation #wickedness #opportunity

Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, on occasion, be just a bit nice. And I've been searching for a nice girl who can, on occasion, be just a bit wicked. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#wicked #autumn

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#coronal #ender-s #game #gingerberad #graff

Evil people are those who knew they're evil, but refused to do anything about it. ↗

— Jawe Querimit

#wicked-people #wickedness #men

money,if it does not bring you happiness,it will atleast help you be miserable in comfort ↗

— Helen Gurley Brown

#wickedness #money

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#america #countries #diversity #how #humor

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#after #aims #develop #done #hand

What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#characters #evil #interesting #only #only time

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#grows #man #method #up #wickedness

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' ↗

— Lao Tzu

#did #good #good leader #great #leader