Cunning Strategies Quotes

Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.

Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool.

Satan, who is a wonderful contriver of delusions, is constantly laying snares to entrap ignorant and heedless people.

I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.

I love the role I'm playing in 'Conan.' I'm enjoying making the film tremendously. It's very physically demanding. You know, Conan is 28 years younger than me and a big dude, so I have to depend upon my wolf-like wiles to defeat this young bull.

I've always loved adventure stories that involve brilliant kids using their brains to beat systems that seem unbeatable.

A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a life of decency, integrity, and kindness, which is much more challenging and noble, if not always quite as exciting.

It is a remarkable circumstance in reference to cunning persons that they are often deficient not only in comprehensive, far-sighted wisdom, but even in prudent, cautious circumspection.