Wily Quotes

Rebel against the flesh and bone,
The word of the blood, the wily skin,
And the maggot no man can slay. — Dylan Thomas

Sylvia smiled at her like a wily fox. — Tasha Blue

America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God. — P. J. O'Rourke

Thorn looks scrawny, but he's wily, and as fast as a ferret. — Erin Hunter

For pomp is a tenacious force. And a wily one too. How — Amor Towles

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians. — W. Somerset Maugham

Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature. Nonsense. A moose is a cow drawn by a three-year-old. — Bill Bryson

Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose. — J.K. Rowling

Accidentally consumed five biscuits when I wasn't paying attention. Those biscuits are wily fellows - they leap in like sugary ninjas — Charles Dickens

Oh Satan you're a wily one. — Craig Ferguson

the wily Machiavelli had always believed that any clod could have the facts - having an opinion was an art. — Ashwin Sanghi

I am so wily and feminine that I could live by your side for a lifetime and deceive you afresh each day. — Jane Bowles

If you are not careful you will find yourself actually in the employ of the devil. He is powerful, slick, crafty, wily, and subtle. — Billy Graham

The People's' historic duty was to become a nameless herd and submit to the absolute control of a small pack of wily and vicious intellectuals. — Charles Portis

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily. — Mason Cooley

This coyote is a wily dog born
from ancient trickster bones,
Loki, Hermes, the northwestern Raven of lore — Toby Barlow

The subterranean lair of the wily human relationship: a dark maze of pop-up demons, fun house mirrors, spooky dead ends, multiple false bottoms. — Stephen Wright

The will of the nation is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. — Alexis De Tocqueville