Scheme Quotes

“Incessant smiling is one of the deadly tools used by someone whose intent is to make others cry.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“every human being who is born into this universe is like a child who has been given a key to an infinite Library, written in cyphers that are more or less obscure, arranged by a scheme—of which we can at first know nothing, other than that there does appear to be some scheme.”
― Neal Stephenson, The Confusion

“Nonsense has taken up residence in the heart of public debate and also in the academy. This nonsense is part of the huge fund of unreason on which the plans and schemes of optimists draw for their vitality. Nonsense confiscates meaning. It thereby puts truth and falsehood, reason and unreason, light and darkness on an equal footing. It is a blow cast in defence of intellectual freedom, as the optimists construe it, namely the freedom to believe anything at all, provided you feel better for it.”
― Roger Scruton, The Uses of Pessimism: And the Danger of False Hope

“I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread.”
― Jennifer Estep, Widow's Web

“In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“Even the richest of brands are robbed by poor character.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“There were three ways to kill a king:
You could face him with all the force of your military might, and in the end one of you would fall.
You could stab him from behind like a coward, cringing in the shadows.
Or you could kill him slowly, from the inside out, so he wouldn't even know until it was too late. If you did your job right, he might even thank you for it.
These were the differences between Soldiers, Assassins, and Politicians.
Only Politicians did it with a certain flair.”
― Traci Chee, The Speaker

“For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme,
Nor take her tea without a strategem.”
― Edward Young, Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young

“Drink then," he replied, still with the same cold composure.
"Does thou know mw so little Hester Pyrnne? Are my purposes wont to be so shallow? Even if I imagine a scheme of vengeance, what could i do better for my object than to let thee live-than to give the medicines against all harm and peril of life-so that this burning shame may still blaze upon thy bosom?”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“I exile Jude Duarte to the mortal world. Until and unless she is pardoned by the crown, let her not step one foot in Faerie or forfeit her life.'

'I gasp. 'But you can't do that!'

He looks at me for a long moment, but his gaze is mild, as though he's expecting me to be fine with exile. As though I am nothing more than one of his petitioners. As though I am nothing at all. 'Of course I can,' he replies.
...
Our eyes meet, and the odd smile on his face is clearly meant for me. I remember what it was to hate him with the whole of my heart, but I've remembered too late.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Since 1849 I have studied incessantly, under all its aspects, a question which was already in my mind since 1832. I confess that my scheme is still a mere dream, and I do not shut my eyes to the fact that so long as I alone believe it to be possible, it is virtually impossible. ... The scheme in question is the cutting of a canal through the Isthmus of Suez. This has been thought of from the earliest historical times, and for that very reason is looked upon as impracticable. Geographical dictionaries inform us indeed that the project would have been executed long ago but for insurmountable obstacles. [On his inspiration for the Suez Canal.]”
― Ferdinand de Lesseps

“They were actually sitting at a table, like two old friends, not like the hunter
and the hunted. And it wasn't especially awkward. They were comfortable together,
despite the fact that she'd hit him with a bus. Maybe his scheme would work.”
― Janet Evanovich, The Heist

“If you could see how I see by penetrating the superficial, you'd see the grand scheme of those co called "powerful" officials. It's disgust and deception at its deepest descent and yes, all those involved, it's hell where all reside.”
― Jose R. Coronado, The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey

“Never scheme with a conniving dragon!”
― Becca Mann

“We may not be able to stop satan from doing his business, but we can scheme to make his business to yield a loss! All things... I mean "all", "all things", "everything" is working for our good!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“Time’s up, Mr. Andersen, I’m afraid.” Alyssa noticed his hesitation. “You should know an important clause in our agreement . . . you attorneys call it what, full disclosure? You give me $25,000 before I leave this office, or, well, I'll just have to ring up Heather again and let her in on a secret, a secret about something that happened in Chinatown not even three weeks ago. Hmmm…I wonder what she would think.”
― Joanie Chevalier, Deadly Dating Games

“A job is the ultimate pyramid scheme.”
― Ken Poirot

“The pressures of life created a diamond, now what I leave behind is a legacy. This game is betrayal. Everyone brags about being real but it's a false sense of a two sided man, an incorporated brand,
There's no future in this front. Operating a strategy mathematically created; persistently and perfectly knitted to keep the mass dependent on its assistancy.”
― Jose R. Coronado, The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey

“I was surprised at how corrupted the USA workers compensation scheme is for workers with occupational diseases.”
― Steven Magee

“An impossible wish wished on a possible night, might bring an impossible dream to a possible light. Oh, how I wish it might.”
― Stephen DesBrisay, THE PRINCESS Guardian of the Secret

“The new altitude sickness classification scheme has four types: 1. Altitude Hypersensitivity – Above sea level to 4,900 feet. 2. High altitude - 4,900 to 11,500 feet.
3. Very high altitude - 11,500 to 18,000 feet.
4. Extreme altitude - Above 18,000 feet.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“Maybe you're about to reveal your evil scheme and bend me to your will. Just so you know, I don't think it will be very hard to bend me to your will.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“The Trifecta Plot by Stewart Stafford

Break moneyed bread,
and a morsel of food,
is now a parcel of land.

Entreat in obsequious sell,
and the jewel of their loins,
is wed of beauteous hand.

Purloin the coffers golden,
and a cutpurse rules as king,
with no forswearing planned.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“There was always some shackle closing on you before you could even see it, and you’d only know when she turned the key.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth