Killjoy Quotes
9 quotes by 8 authors
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But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor. (Nor should the…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys. Because to me,…
— Sarah Vowell
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Not just self-restraint, that old killjoy, but communal restraint.
— Wendell Berry
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Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism? Or does she…
— Sara Ahmed
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The saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given…
— Robert Staughton Lynd
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America was founded by puritans and like it or not the anti-pleasure dogma of those buckled-shoed killjoys still pervades our collective unconscious like an I-max…
— Dennis Miller
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Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,†Evie said in a voice of…
— Libba Bray
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Oh, that clock! Old killjoy. I hear you. Come on, get up, you say, Time to start another day. Even he orders me around. Well,…
— Cinderella
Who Wrote These Killjoy Quotes
8 authors contributed a total of 9 Killjoy Quotes as follows: