Profanity Quotes
88 quotes by 69 authors
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Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.
— Johnny Carson
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We only speak two languages here: English and profanity.
— Kevin Constantine
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When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound…
— George S. Patton
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Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not…
— George Bernard Shaw
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I'm about being funny. If I can make a joke using profanity, I will. But for the most part, that can get awfully old and…
— Howard Stern
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Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches without stockings, for driving automobiles…
— Geoffrey Perret
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Rock music pays off. Rock music takes me on a joyride. Rock music keeps me off the hell city bus. Rock music will always look…
— Wesley Willis
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Here's what I'm going to have to say to all of you. If some of you have demons in your head who talk to you…
— Wesley Willis
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I do not believe profanity has anything to do with Christianity, thank you.
— Dee Snider
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To anyone who has followed the practice of using profanity or vulgarity and would like to correct the habit, could I offer this suggestion? First,…
— L. Tom Perry
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Why has marriage failed? In the first place, we raised it to unnatural standards. We tried to make it something permanent, something sacred, without knowing…
— Rajneesh
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I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.
— Mark Twain
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Look may be that everything is right, it is always best to have an inspection before marching. To forget a screw, if you have a…
— Henry Peach Robinson
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Talk in order that I may see you.
— Socrates
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We should never lower our dignity by lowering our language.
— Ted E. Brewerton
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However common irreverence and profanity become, they are nonetheless wrong
— Boyd K. Packer
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With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films.
— Bob Hope
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If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.
— Antoine R. Ivins
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The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration.
— Dallin H. Oaks
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One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Who Wrote These Profanity Quotes
69 authors contributed a total of 88 Profanity Quotes, led by these top contributors: