The indications are that swearing preceded the development of cursing. That is, expletives, maledictions, exclamations, and imprecations of the immediately explosive or… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I enjoy the opportunity to use swear symbols. The reader reads into them something worse than what you normally would have. They… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
People know there is a difference between what you do and what you accept. There is a difference between me knowing that… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
There's something cathartic about swearing 150 times after spending ten hours in the editing room. — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
Researchers from Britain's Keele University have found that swearing after an injury may help alleviate pain. Evidently, the pain that you feel… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“In one scene, when I was supposed to say, "In a pig's eye you are," what came out was, "In a pig's… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right;… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
It doesn't excite me as a writer to write some swearing or sex scenes, because they don't have any emotional content. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put… — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
What matters the party to me? I shall find enough anyhow who unite with me without swearing allegiance to my flag. — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
“Finally, a bit of luck. Rat bastard,' I hissed down at Montmartre. 'Mangy dog of a scurvy goat.' 'That doesn’t even make… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing. — Edith Konecky Copy Share Image
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order:… — George Washington Copy Share Image
On the air, it's as if somebody draws a heavy drape to block any bias. I don't even feel it inside. It's… — Dick Enberg Copy Share Image
I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“You do that Helen", Mallory dared. "And tell him we said to f*ck off while youre at it".” — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
It feels kind of naughty when you're swearing on set and you know it's gonna make it in unbleeped on the show. — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I mean, it was a rough place ["Wild Bill Hickok"], and you had to wear this kind of cloak that you were… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
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