Insulting Quotes
242 Insulting quotes by 196 unique authors
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Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England…
— Oscar Wilde
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The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.
— Oscar Wilde
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Never Throw Stones At Your Mother
— David Ross
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You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will…
— St. Vincent
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But I can't bear it when somebody who some man made a pass at - to call that violence seems to me absurd and insulting…
— Helen Garner
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Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.
— James Meredith
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Every woman who has come to consciousness can recall an almost endless series of oppressive, violating, insulting, assaulting acts against her Self. Every woman is…
— Mary Daly
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You cannot really conceive of how insulting it is to Native Americans to be told they were discovered.
— Ivan van Sertima
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Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn't doing anyone any…
— Hillary Clinton
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It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion
— Edward Bond
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Youth Liberation has argued for some time that young people should have the right to have sex as well as not to have it, and…
— Gayle Rubin
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God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less. If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are…
— Mark Batterson
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If the size of your vision for your life isn't intimidating to you, there's a good chance it's insulting to God.
— Steven Furtick
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The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.
— Jay Sekulow
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You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards any one, for neither the one nor…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered to spectators without…
— Derren Brown
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
— Ai Weiwei
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I may not have the type of voice you like, but I can sing. You can’t take that away from me, ‘cause singing is a…
— Fergie
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It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all. Homo sapiens is a species…
— Desmond Morris
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We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free…
— Robert Scheer
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Man's insulting God is not reversed by our insulting man.
— Sinclair B. Ferguson
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I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.
— Dustin Hoffman
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Critical words to a child are as painful and damaging as being physically hit. They are verbal slaps in the face. Usually, critical words are…
— Beverly Engel
Who Wrote These Insulting Quotes
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