Quote by Jane Harvey-Berrick

“The vulgar might laugh at the Foreign Office, but there was no doubt it taught you how to deal with difficult people.”

— William Somerset Maugham

“I tried to talk like them, cursing and cussing, mutilating the English language into a slang that I could barely stand nor understand.”

— Carol Wambui Ngabura

“Don’t try to defile the English language. I can think of a few other things I’d rather dirty up.  ”

— S.L. Jennings

“Naw, rudeness is for amateurs. I prefer going right from polite conversation to extreme violence.”

— Stephen Schochet

“Remember sarcasm is forbidden and sincerity the order of the day. You are country folks now, and it will do you good to try…

— Louisa May Alcott

“...there’s no such thing as a dirty fight.”

— Susan Ee

“I’ve been a bad influence on you, Mr. Galloway. Less of the sarcasm, young man. Cynicism doesn’t suit you,” she said. “I hardly think…

— Lauren James

“In warring against stupidity, the most just and gentle of men at last become brutal.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“It sounded wrong rolling off his tongue, but still elegant, somehow. Like a British person cussing.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I speak two languages: English and Sarcasm.”

— Don Rittner

“It is, as you know, very, very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity.”

— Lemony Snicket

“It’s that great British middle-class battle cry: “Something must be done!”

— John Lanchester