Insult Quotes - page 3

I would gladly say 'Heil Hitler!' and at once part company with him, realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to flatter him with such an imitation which he has always disdained. His way is for Germany, ours is for Britain; let us tread our paths with mutual respect, which is rarely increased by borrowing. (William Joyce)
He who is affected by an insult is infected by it. View quote
Jean Cocteau
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute. View quote
Paul Gallico
Coach," Annabeth said, "it was an accident. We were talking, and we fell asleep." "Besides," Percy said, "you're starting to sound like Terminus." Hedge narrowed his eyes. "Is that an insult, Jackson? 'Cause I'll-I'll Terminus you, buddy! View quote
Rick Riordan
Leo: "I can't believe I thought you were hot.” Khione's face turned red. "Hot? You dare insult me? I am cold, Leo Valdez. Very, very cold. View quote
Rick Riordan
You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me. View quote
William Goldman
We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
You would make a great teacher. (Grace) Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while you're at it? (Julian) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
I will not stand here to be insulted by you, hedgepig," Mangiz fumed. "Then stand somewhere else and I'll insult you there, featherbag!! View quote
Brian Jacques
The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing to die for God if you have to do that. But it's another thing to say that's what God wants, that this is a glorification of God. View quote
Elaine Pagels
Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch. (Candace Bushnell)
The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult. View quote
Rowan Atkinson
Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one. View quote
Olivia Munn
Koga:"You got a problem with that muttface?" Inuyasha: Did you just call me a mutt?" Koga:"No, you're right. That would be an insult to canines. View quote
Rumiko Takahashi
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. View quote
Bernie Taupin
Sometimes I think I might insult people by being openly flirtatious, then snatching it back. View quote
Dominique Swain
They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities. View quote
Don Rickles
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. View quote
Ferdinand Mount
I think girls who insult people are very attractive. View quote
Howard Hawks
Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot of what we do out there is real, but we're not going to insult anyone's intelligence - there is a predetermined winner. It's just the fans don't know who it is, and that's what makes it so intriguing. View quote
Kurt Angle
I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I love you.' There isn't time for anything more. (Michael Learned)
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise. View quote
Paul Prudhomme
I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly paid for. Don't advise me to leave, and don't add insult to injury by telling me it's for my own good; of that I am to be the judge. View quote
Robert Purvis
I have always criticised violence in my speeches but the way the trouble in just two per cent of the area is blown up and used against us should be countered. Arundhati Roy paints Gujaratis as rapists and then goes scot-free by apologising. Isn't it an insult to Gujarat? View quote
Narendra Modi
What gives me concern in so much of the comment is the implication that the people of Hong Kong have to be given a reward, like children, for being good last year, and bribed, like children, into being good next year. I myself repudiate this paternalistic, indeed colonialist, attitude as a gross insult to our people. View quote
John James Cowperthwaite
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