Outrage Quotes
173 quotes by 158 authors
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Another old saying is that revenge is a dish best served cold. But it feels best served piping hot, straight out of the oven of…
— Mindy Kaling
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Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! You must achieve…
— Philip Roth
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A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must…
— Martha Stout
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It wasn't a kiss, human, so don't get excited." She sputtered in outrage. "I don't know what putting your lips on someone else's mouth means…
— Larissa Ione
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There’s my baby!†I cried, quite carried away. “There’s my Poochiekins!†Ammit ran at me and leaped into my arms, nuzzling me with his rough…
— Rick Riordan
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There are many things in this world that are an outrage, to be sure, but death at our current life expectancy doesn’t strike me as…
— David Rakoff
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Wayde yelled, and I hit him again, adrenaline pulling a scream of outrage from me. He went quiet, and I held my breath to make…
— Kim Harrison
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I wouldn’t expect you to get it, Daisy. You don’t look at anything besides Photoplay—and even then somebody’s gotta explain the pictures to you.†Daisy’s…
— Libba Bray
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Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?
— Andrew Greeley
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Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of…
— George Orwell
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All great art comes from a sense of outrage.
— Glenn Close
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We are beginning to see a fundamental outrage at the whole interconnected mess of a system: at energy companies who record massive profits, yet allow…
— Noreena Hertz
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced…
— Walter Kirn
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I worry about growing income inequality. But I worry even more that the discussion is too narrowly focused. I worry that our outrage at the…
— Sendhil Mullainathan
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Our outrage at inequality is primal. But primal emotions are not always noble ones. Of course, when I see a colleague receive some award, I…
— Sendhil Mullainathan
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On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an…
— Paul Bloom
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After the Boston Marathon bombings, people shared grief and outrage on social media.
— Roxane Gay
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Most open letters undoubtedly come from a good place, rising out of genuine outrage or concern or care. There is, admittedly, also a smugness to…
— Roxane Gay
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We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and…
— Ben Nelson
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We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by…
— Neil Sheehan
Who Wrote These Outrage Quotes
158 authors contributed a total of 173 Outrage Quotes, led by these top contributors: