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If a witch needs something, another witch will give it to her. If there is war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not it is right to fight. Nor do we have any notion of honor. An insult to a bear is a deadly thing. To us...inconceivable. How could you insult a witch? What would it matter if you did?
Philip PullmanTo insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
Isaac AsimovIf you want to have a society where people are respected and respect laws, you can't have somebody at the top who demeans every group that he talks about. And I just - again, I cannot believe that Governor Pence will defend the insult-driven campaign that Donald Trump has run.
Tim KaineThroughout this protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood, the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the Christian religion, and uniformly asked God's blessing on proceedings that would have put to shame an assembly of Hottentots.
Elizabeth Cady StantonI 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.
Robert PurvisMy best friend is disabled. There's nothing he hates more than being left out of the jokes, to be treated with kid gloves. That's the insult.
Jeff RossWe need to reflect with great seriousness about why many young people don't feel like getting married... For fear of failure, many do not want to even think about it... Many people believe the change that has taken place in recent decades was set in motion by the emancipation of women. But this argument is not valid, it is an insult, a form of misogyny.
Pope FrancisMy wife would not speak evil of ... anyone ... without cause. Joseph is a liar and not she. That Smith admired and lusted after many men's wives and daughters, is a fact, but they could not help that. They or most of them considered his admiration an insult, and treated him with scorn. In return for this scorn, he generally managed to blacken their reputations - see the case of... Mrs. Pratt, a good, virtuous woman.
William LawI'm not making fun of it because I want to make fun of it. I'm making fun of it so I feel better. I don't want people to think any time there's a tragedy that I'm going to make a joke about it. It's only funny to me because it's personal to me. And that was always the goal. It wasn't to be this insult person.
Pete DavidsonUgly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion.
Margaret ChoPresident Obama's actions are an unconscionable betrayal of America's fundamental values and a profound insult to the oppressed Cuban people.
Mario Diaz-BalartI will not stand here to be insulted by you, hedgepig," Mangiz fumed. "Then stand somewhere else and I'll insult you there, featherbag!!
Brian JacquesWhen I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
J. J. AbramsWhen a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.
Baltasar GracianI was not offended, my love. An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. And pride is too heavy baggage for my journey.
Robert A. HeinleinAnd I can see that everything about this God has been purposely designed to poison our experience of life on earth, not to enhance it, to keep us fearful, to suppress knowledge, to curtail freedom and creativity, and to celebrate death. It's nothing less than the sanctified dumbing-down of the human race. And demanding respect for it is frankly an insult that deserves to be repaid with considerable interest.
Pat CondellDo you suppose that it is within your power to insult me? You evidently are not aware to whom you are speaking? Do you imagine that the envenomed spittle of five hundred little gentlemen of your type, heaped one upon another, would succeed in slobbering so much as the tips of my august toes?
Marcel ProustWhatโs that poem again?โ Will, who had been twirling his empty teacup around his fingers, stood up straight and declaimed: โEach spake words of high disdain, And insult to his heartโs best brotherโโ โOh, by the Angel, Will, do be quiet,โ said Charlotte, standing up. โI must go and write a letter to Aloysius Starkweather that drips remorse and pleading. I donโt need you distracting me.โ And, gathering up her skirts, she hurried from the room. โNo appreciation for the arts,โ Will murmured, setting his teacup down.
Cassandra ClareAnd as for you Agent Pallas โ man-to-man, if you ever insult my girl on national television again, Iโllโฆโ he stopped. Everyone in the room waited, hanging. Jack raised an eyebrow. โYes?โ Collin turned to Cameron with a look of astonishment. โIโve got nothing. I had this whole exit speech going and I was gonna end with some big macho threat but when I got there, it was like โ bleh โ nothing. Thatโs a pisser.โ He appeared disgusted with himself, then shrugged it off. โOh well. Catch you guys later.โ He strode out without a second glance.
Julie JamesShe took a bad tumble. Those are some nasty bruises she's carrying," the maid said with a sad shake of the head. "Aye," Cullen agreed, his eyes traveling over lovely, milky white skin, interrupted by several black bruises. "She looks like a cow." Mildrede turned a horrified gaze on him at the comment, but he was more concerned by the choked sound that came from his bride. He really hadn't meant it as an insult, but it seemed the women were taking it so. "I just meant the coloring," Cullen muttered
Lynsay SandsI'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.
Noel GallagherHow rarely can happiness be really innocent and not triumphant, not an insult to the deprived.
Iris MurdochI would rather insult you than lose you, he said, and before any of them could make a move to stop him, he cast both items into the fire.
Cassandra ClareWell - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother over the border shall be sharply watched and brought to book every time he does us a hurt or offends us with an insult.
Mark TwainNo.โ He wouldnโt lie about that. Not to her. And not because sheโd rip him to pieces when she discovered the truth. โI canโt give you forever.โ The nibbling increased in intensity, leaving a bead of blood in the center of her mouth. โBecause weโre not a good match?โ Of course she would remember every insult heโd ever thrown at her. โYes.โ โThen what can you give me?โ โHere. Now.โ Something his body craved more with every second that passed.
Gena ShowalterThe most wounding insult to an educated Russian was to be called nekulturny-uncultured-yet the same men who sat in the gilt boxes at the Moscow State Opera weeping at the end of a performance of Boris Gudunov could immediately turn around and order the execution or imprisonment of a hundred men without blinking. A strange people, made more strange by their political philosophy.
Tom ClancyYou say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.
John GreenIf I'm insulted I will counterattack, or if something is unfair, I will counterattack, but I don't feel like I insult people. I don't want to do that. But if I'm attacked, I will counterattack.
Donald TrumpThe shreiking fight or the out-of-character insult endures forever, while the daily sweetness dissolves like sugar in water.
Mary KarrIt is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money.
Al AlvarezA dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.
John HolmesThe consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife. You insult her intelligence if you assume that a mere slogan and a few vapid adjectives will persuade her to buy anything. She wants all the information you can give her.
David OgilvyPeople think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them.
Winona RyderIโve never met anyone who had a monkey for a friend before. (Maggie) I donโt know. I think those two guys you were with would qualify as primates, but then, thatโs an insult to the primate and I donโt want Marvin to get pissed at me. He has higher sensibilities, you know? (Wren)
Sherrilyn Kenyon