Swearing Quotes · Page 4

Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Riotous madness, To be entangled with those mouth-made vows, Which break themselves in swearing!”

— William Shakespeare

“More then me you betrayed to God Because you said Tujkh mai rab dikhta hai ( i see my God in you)”

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

I rely on swearing just to communicate emotion, but I wanted to express the same feelings [in song] without using curse words.

— Hutch Harris

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

— Isaac Barrow

I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!

— Hugh Jackman

“And I know fuck isn’t a word that Mormons say, but I don’t say this word I only think it, so it…

— Hippie

People who use a lot of swear words, tend to be more honest and trust worthy, human behavioral studies suggest

— Anonymous

A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them…

— William Shakespeare

Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier…

— Willie Nelson

I don't want to start singing about things like sex, drugs and swearing. I'm into love, and maybe I'll get more into…

— Justin Bieber

Okay, seriously, I dont know if this is true or not, but I heard people who use profanity are trying to compensate…

— Simone Elkeles

I tweet, therefore my entire life has shrunk to 140 character chunks of instant event and predigested gnomic wisdom. And swearing.

— Neil Gaiman

County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell…

— Bill Watterson

When I rapped for 'Manto', I used cuss words and no one objected because it was an adult movie. I feel cuss…

— Raftaar

I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what…

— Abraham Lincoln

I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come…

— Ernest Hemingway

Clary felt suddenly annoyed. "When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best…

— Cassandra Clare

The cat Horus shot out from under the table and headed for the door, his ears flattened and his tail straight out.…

— Anonymous

“Cellar Christians!" Foyle exclaimed. He and Robin peered through the window. Thirty worshipers of assorted faiths were celebrating the New Year with…

— Alfred Bester

I enjoy the opportunity to use swear symbols. The reader reads into them something worse than what you normally would have. They…

— Daniel Clowes

He held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats…

— Kristin Cashore

maybe we try too hard to be remembered, waking to the glowing yellow disc in ignorance, swearing that today will be the…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

“There are no dirty words in this book, except for 'hell' and 'God', in case someone is fearing that an innocent child…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I don’t consider “prick” a swear word. For most people it’s just a state of being.’ I”

— Ayisha Malik

I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.

— Jason Gann

On paper, swearing takes on a different attitude. It can make you sound very angry when you use it a lot.

— Joanna Coles

That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

— William Shakespeare

“His swearing is methodical, continuous, and apparently entirely senseless.”

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“Eagles, buffalos and deserts vast, it’s no good living in the fucking past.”

— Mark Jackman

“I'm a heart surgeon, sure, but I'm just a mechanic. I go in and I fuck around and I fix things. Shit.”

— Raymond Carver

I swear a lot; I always have. So does my husband. Our son, surprisingly, does not swear much at all.

— Frances McDormand

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

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

— William Shakespeare

I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is…

— Larry Wall

“If a situation requires swearing to God it is — by definition — extreme.”

— Pam Houston

Of course you don't want your kids swearing. But remember how fun it was to cuss when you were in the first…

— Eminem

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

— Tommy Lasorda

And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God?

— Alexander Pope

I would never use obscene language in the office. Certainly not. I kept my obscene language for the home, where it belongs.

— Harold Pinter