Communication Quote by Gordon B. Hinckley

What I fear from these reports is that the prevalent use of foul language has become an acceptable pattern in the schools, probably due…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?

— Theodore Roosevelt

The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration.

— Dallin H. Oaks

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.

— Leon Trotsky

Profanity is filthiness. A person is known as much by his language as he is by the company he keeps...Filthiness in any form is…

— Joseph Fielding Smith

Do we regard language as more public, more ceremonial, than thought? Just as family men condemn the profanity on the stage that they use…

— Edmund White

I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly.

— Robert Klein

I'm not like a champion of profanity. I write what I hear, and the characters that I write, that's how they talk. That's how…

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

Profanity is the crutch of a conversational cripple. . .

— Rick Sutter

I love profanity, but I think if it's used too much, it just sounds a little trashy. I think it's more effective when it's…

— Katie Aselton

The stage, the screen, the novel, casual conversation, the street discussion, and too often the fireside intimacies are punctuated with blasphemy, to which may…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably.

— Randall Dale Adams