“It's like a lot of things, said the smith. Do the least part of it wrong and ye'd just as well to do it all wrong.”

“If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.”

Leo Rosten (1908–1997) American writer

“It is when people do wrong things wilfully that they are the more likely to do them again.”

George MacDonald book The Princess and the Goblin

“Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you.”

Philip Roth (1933–2018) American novelist

“She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.”

Beverly Cleary book Fifteen

““But at least you cared. At least you were ready to do something.”
“This little mess,” Auger said, “is all because of people who were ready to do something. People like me, who always know when they’re right and everyone else is wrong. Maybe what we need is a few less of us.””

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

“And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!”

David Almond book My Name Is Mina

“There is no right way to do a wrong thing.”

Гарольд Кушнер (1935)

“We must progress to the stage of doing all the right things for all the right reasons instead of doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons.”

Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist

“We believe in the wrong things, that's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor