Insult Quotes

762 Insult quotes by 556 unique authors

Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? — Mason Cooley
If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning. — Simon Cowell
I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner. — Aleister Crowley
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant… — Clarence Darrow
I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. — Charles Darwin
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. — Benjamin Disraeli
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with… — Beth Ditto
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. — Frederick Douglass
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. — Epictetus
Where there seems to be a difference between guys being nuts and women being nuts is that guys are much more open in calling each… — Paul Feig
There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god. — John B. S. Haldane
Never insult anyone by accident. — Robert A. Heinlein
If anybody dared say wrestling was fake, you'd punch 'em. And you never used the word show. If you used the word show it was… — Hulk Hogan
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. — Cordell Hull
I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore. — Billy Idol
It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean?… — Jay-Z
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome. — Oscar Levant
The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment… — Walter Lippmann
I wanted to wear the most impenetrable suit of armour ever known to mankind. 'Hello, Mr. Rotten...' You can't say anything about me. You can't… — John Lydon
If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably… — Russell Lynes
I'm looking for laughs, you know? If it take me to flip over a table, if I have to go physical comedy, I will do… — Bernie Mac
Insults are the business of the court. — Naguib Mahfouz
Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you. — Groucho Marx
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. — H. L. Mencken
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. — H. L. Mencken

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