Insult Quotes

762 Insult quotes by 556 unique authors

Wisdom eventually comes to all of us. Someday it might even be your turn. — Unknown Author
"Tell me, doctor, " said the patient, "when I stand on my head, the blood rushes to it. Why doesn't it rush to my feet… — Sam Ewing
Are you a polititcian or does lyin' just run in your family? — Mary Stuart Masterson
The pedestal is immobilizing and subtly insulting whether or not some women yet realize it. We must move up from the pedestal. — Wilma Scott Heide
Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. — William Wordsworth
We believed - and I personally still believe - that the so called Voice of God narration, ubiquitous in documentaries destined for PBS, is insulting… — Unknown Author
Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely… — Henry David Thoreau
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is… — George Washington
It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you… — Epictetus
REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of… — Ambrose Bierce
Only cowards insult dying majesty. — Aesop
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as… — Paul Gallico
I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert
I wish more fantasy, especially the dominant fantasy that draws heavily on British and Christian lore, would wrestle with its own ethnospecific nature and what… — Nalo Hopkinson
People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in… — Bill Walsh
Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We depend… — Andrew Solomon
Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner. — Mark Twain
Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC shows us a way of being very honest, but without any criticism, insults, or putdowns, and without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

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