Impertinent Quotes

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I am shocking, impertinent and insolent that's how it is. — Brigitte Bardot
[John] Dalton was a man of regular habits. For fifty-seven years he walked out of Manchester every day; he measured the rainfall, the temperature-a singularly… — Jacob Bronowski
It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive. — Edward Abbey
Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to be… — Frances Wright
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome — Ben Jonson
Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance. — Ambrose Bierce
Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought. — Arthur Schopenhauer
He gives us the very quintessence of perception,-the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent… — James Russell Lowell
'-mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent -' said Severus. 'You see what you expect to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity. — John le Carre
Impertinent wits are a kind of insect which are in everybody's way and plentiful in all countries. — Jean de la Bruyere
You and I are forever at the mercy of the census-taker and the census-maker. That impertinent fellow who goes from house to house is one… — Walter Lippmann
Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our… — Aleister Crowley
Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a country, he thought… — George Mikes
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person. — William Ralph Inge
One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I like texting as much as the next kidult - and embrace it as yet more evidence, along with email, that we live now in… — Will Self
There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that… — Sinclair Lewis

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