Lemony Snicket Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Lemony Snicket quotes, Lemony Snicket sayings, and Lemony Snicket proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one. Lemony Snicket
The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. Lemony Snicket
If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead or otherwise uncomfortable. This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives. Lemony Snicket
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Lemony Snicket
Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily. Lemony Snicket
Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily. Lemony Snicket
It is, as you know, very, very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity. Lemony Snicket
It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier.” Lemony Snicket
Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there. Lemony Snicket
There is a pair of snakes who have learned to drive a car so recklessly that they would run you over in the street and never stop to apologize. Lemony Snicket
The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world. If you are stricken with a great sadness, you may feel as if you have been set aflame, not only because of the enormous pain but also because your sadness may spread over your life, like smoke from an enormous fire. Lemony Snicket
Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure. Lemony Snicket
But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at the exact same price. A certain island has a law that forbids anyone from removing its fruit. And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders. Lemony Snicket
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself Lemony Snicket
Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make -- bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake -- if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Lemony Snicket
Making assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see at once how this can lead to terrible trouble. Lemony Snicket
You can see that it is better not to make too many assumptions, particularly in the morning. Lemony Snicket
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Lemony Snicket
People don't always get what they deserve in this world. Lemony Snicket
Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so. Lemony Snicket