Scoundrels Quotes

“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”
― Bob Dylan

“Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.”
― Abu'l-Ala-Al-Ma'arri

“All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

“The wise will hide your follies and help you learn, but the wicked ones will gossip about it with scoundrels.”
― Aniruddha Sastikar

“Once in a lifetime, if we’re lucky, a Sixteen-String Jack Rann crosses our paths, and if we’re really lucky he or she becomes a friend. You’ll know them because even though they may be scoundrels they affect all those around them positively. They will be larger than life characters who will draw people to them without any intentional effort whatsoever. And they’ll make people smile.”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“Freddy, as a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent. I knew my limitations. We all have our limitations, Freddy. Fortunately, I discovered that taste and style were commodities that people desired. Freddy, what I am saying is: know your limitations. You are a moron.”
― Lawrence Jamieson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

“I learned that I knew it (there are some things in life, you knew before you could put the words to them, for me, this was one) upon first seeing the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and hearing Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) utter these words:

Freddy, as a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent. I knew my limitations. We all have our limitations, Freddy. Fortunately, I discovered that taste and style were commodities that people desired. Freddy, what I am saying is: know your limitations. You are a moron.”
― Mark Vaughan, You Are Not A Fit Person: A guide to getting fit and staying fit

“I learned that I knew it (there are some things in life, you knew before you could put the words to them, for me, this was one) upon first seeing the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and hearing Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) utter these words:

Freddy, as a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent. I knew my limitations. We all have our limitations, Freddy. Fortunately, I discovered that taste and style were commodities that people desired. Freddy, what I am saying is: know your limitations. You are a moron.”
― Lawrence Jamieson

“Don’t it s’prise you de way dem kings carries on, Huck?”

“No,” I says, “it don’t.”

“Why don’t it, Huck?”

“Well, it don’t, because it’s in the breed. I reckon they’re all alike.”

“But, Huck, dese kings o’ ourn is reglar rapscallions; dat’s jist what dey is; dey’s reglar rapscallions.”

“Well, that’s what I’m a-saying; all kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

“There are some things in life you know even before you can put words to them. Then it dawned on me, upon first seeing the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and hearing Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) utter these words:

Freddy, as a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent. I knew my limitations. We all have our limitations, Freddy. Fortunately, I discovered that taste and style were commodities that people desired. Freddy, what I am saying is: know your limitations. You are a moron.”
― Lawrence Jamieson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

“Poetry is the last refuge of saints and scoundrels, and the only place where telling which is which becomes almost impossible.”
― C S Hughes

“When I look up at the astronomical observatories atop Mauna Kea, I am reminded of the astronomy scoundrels that gave me High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD).”
― Steven Magee

“Men are scoundrels; they can get used to anything.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Wherever and whatever status: Scoundrels against scoundrels create the worst scoundrels.”
― Ehsan Sehgal