There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence… — Katharine Tynan Copy Share Image
After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence. As Ruskin wrote in his earlier… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can't stand,… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence… — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
“I will thank you not to be impertinent," said Aunt Josephine, using a word which here means "pointing out that I'm wrong,… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
