Effrontery Quotes

11 quotes by 10 authors

I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of… — Maya Angelou
Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays — Elwyn Brooks White
Of course, political leaders are much more ambitious than gangsters. The latter are content to take your money, whereas the former, besides taking far more… — Robert Higgs
A thing that has always baffled me about women is that they will saturate themselves with a pint of perfume, a pound of sachet powder,… — Groucho Marx
There's no effrontery like that of a woman caught in the act; her very guilt inspires her with wrath and insolence. — Juvenal
The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. — Samuel Johnson
In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that… — David James Duncan
You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible.… — Terry Pratchett
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if… — Maya Angelou
In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike the bare-faced Oliver… — Michael Leunig
Proud of his learning (just enough to quote), He revell'd in his Ciceronian glory: With memory excellent to get by rote, With wit to hatch… — Lord Byron

Who Wrote These Effrontery Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 11 Effrontery Quotes as follows: