Profanity Quotes · Page 4

I've always liked Richard Pryor. I've always responded to rhythmic profanity.

— David Rees

“It is, as you know, very, very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity.”

— Lemony Snicket

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!

— Anonymous

It is no harm to be an ass, if one is content to bray and not kick.

— Mark Twain

There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.

— Kirby Larson

“With Clemens it may truly be said that profanity was an art—a pyrotechnic art that entertained nations.”

— Franklin J. Meine

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

— Richard Pryor

“If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say, "Fuck the government.”

— Lenny Bruce

“Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people. They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies.”

— Betty Smith

When a man uses profanity to support an argument, it indicates that either the man or the argument is weak - probably…

— Anonymous

Here is the piece. If you can't say fornicate can you say copulate or if not that can you say co-habit? If…

— Ernest Hemingway

Now, Richard Pryor was unique. Many misunderstood his humor. He lit up the hallway, but they didn't understand his use of profanity.…

— Bill Cosby

I would not tolerate profanity from anyone, anytime. I'd blow the whistle, pull you from the court and put you on the…

— John Wooden

“Yes, I went to Catholic school. You’re surprised? You shouldn’t be. My profanity has a certain religious flavor that can only be…

— Emma Chase

None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions.

— John Tillotson

Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

— Mark Twain

My approach to newspapers was based on the idea that when you looked at the front page you said: 'Good heavens', when…

— Arthur Christiansen

Like the Earth, the Web is a less appealing place than it used to be. If I want attitude and arguing and…

— J. R. Moehringer

I like LA. LA is cool, but it ain't like home. Atlanta is home. All my friends are here, I grew up…

— Chris Tucker

To anyone who has followed the practice of using profanity or vulgarity and would like to correct the habit, could I offer…

— L. Tom Perry

I don't think that my lyrics are over-laced with profanity, because I myself don't speak using a lot of profanity in normal…

— Marilyn Manson

“Thirty-four, still undecided on a name, sat practicing his Realm tongue with Draker, although much of the lesson seemed to consist of…

— Anthony Ryan

“She hit us,” the woman shrieked. That was the gist of it anyway. There were a lot of unladylike words that began…

— Patricia Briggs

An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to…

— Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.

— Tommy Lasorda

If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.

— Antoine R. Ivins

Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it.

— Robert McKee

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

— Mark Twain

Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed

— Mark Twain

When you open your mouth, choose profound over profanity, because profanity never inspired change.

— Melody Minagar

“Don’t be crude, Professor. Profanity is one contest you will not win with me.”

— Andrew Pyper

“Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple.”

— David Keuck

I love Twitter, but some people use profanity so much that at some point it's like saying, 'Pass the salt.'

— Bill Cosby

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

— Mark Twain

Through the words of profanity I describe our dysfunctional family

— Papa Roach

“-Shut the FUCK UP, said Jesus. [ The New Statesman , 3 July 1998]”

— T.A. Keizer

When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.

— William Shakespeare

I want all this loud profanity in the street stopped. I want people to think about choices.

— Bill Cosby

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

— John Wooden

“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." [ Mark Twain, a Biography ]”

— Mark Twain