“Bad friends say nice things to your face, and then turn around and paint you black.” — John Joclebs Bassey Copy Share Image
Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit... When the Atheist examines, denounces, or satirises the… — George William Foote Copy Share Image
A broad definition of crime in England is that it is any lower-class activity that is displeasing to the upper class. — David Frost Copy Share Image
The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only… — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
Wanderers, Dublin's oldest rugby club, has been described more than once as the club of the Church and the Army: the wags… — Gemma Hussey Copy Share Image
Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity… — Elizabeth Price Copy Share Image
I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself.… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“[T]he cardboard bookcase of her character had already collapsed under the strain.” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Classical theology defines sin as 'rebellion against God.' The answer is not incorrect as much as it is shallow and insulting to… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression does not extend to insulting the Prophets of Allah... — Anjem Choudary Copy Share Image
I don't like people insulting the president of the United States of America. — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles. — George Mikes Copy Share Image
It seems to me it's perfectly possible to vehemently disagree with a piece of work and to say that it's offensive and… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The East German manages to combine a Teutonic capacity for bureauracy with a Russian capacity for infinite delay — Goronwy Rees Copy Share Image
Our largest companies should not be able to get away with paying hardly anything at all. It is insulting when they engage… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Education is power, it changes your whole life, it can create a life for yourself. So the more educated you are, the… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
It's very insulting when you're in charge and someone is talking down to you. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
around 1977 I became very ... negative, I began to do things unconsciously that I didn't understand, and they were very sabotagistic… — Charlemagne Palestine Copy Share Image
To claim that ISIS is Islamic is egregiously inaccurate and empirically unsustainable, not to mention insulting to the 1.6 billion non-violent adherents… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
It's frankly insulting to Biden's supporters and his career for the chattering class to continually intimate that Biden voters are just too… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
