Curse Words Quotes

• Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.

  Coleman Young

  Art, Express Yourself, Used

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• September knew a number of curse words, most of which she heard the girls at school saying in the bathrooms, in hushed voices, as if the words could make things happen just by being spoken, as if they were fairy words, and had to be handled just so.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Girl, School, Voice

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.325, Macmillan

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• I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to be cool. But I think there are quite a few people, my father being one of them, who use curse words rather eloquently.

  Justin Halpern

  Father, Kids, Thinking

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• Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.

  Ernest Borgnine

  Thinking, Three, Wonderful

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch. It's normal. It's normal.

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Good Friend, Drs

  "Pope Francis: freedom of expression has limits" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2015.

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• It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.

  Marilyn Manson

  Hurt, Use, Curse

  "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. August 20, 2001.

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• There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.

  Criss Jami

  Spring, Issues, Judging

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.63, Criss Jami

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• I realized, in removing or rewriting these jokes, that often the jokes weren't done or that I was using, for me, the curse words as kind of a crutch. So then I just started writing.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Writing, Done, Kind

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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• I had some jokes that were dirty. And some of it is when I started making appearances on Conan and Letterman back in the late '90s, I think. You had to remove the curse words, or you couldn't do some of the more explicit jokes.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Dirty, Thinking, Conan

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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• I'm a different actor than you thought I was. Don't put me in a box. I'm not just some kid running around screaming curse words.

  Jonah Hill

  Running, Kids, Different

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, film.avclub.com. September 21, 2011.

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• I rely on swearing just to communicate emotion, but I wanted to express the same feelings [in song] without using curse words.

  Hutch Harris

  Song, Feelings, Emotion

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• At school, I was this tomboy kid who just loved to hang out with her friends and learn curse words, trying to fit in with the cool kids and defending all the kids who got picked on.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  School, Kids, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't think that my lyrics are over-laced with profanity, because I myself don't speak using a lot of profanity in normal conversation. But I think when you're making something aggressive and you need to get a point across, if you're angry, sometimes profanity is necessary. It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.

  Marilyn Manson

  Hurt, Thinking, Needs

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.

  Kourtney Kardashian

  Growing Up, Parent, Firsts

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• When I stub my toe it's like I pressed a button that plays all the curse words I know.

  Demetri Martin

  Play, Buttons, Toes

  Twitter post from Aug 14, 2012

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• It was an axiom of "containment" that no part of the known world could be considered neutral. "Neutralism" was among the Cold Warriors' gravest curse words, applied with caustic hostility to India and even France. Those who were not with were against, subjected to intense economic and ideological and sometimes military pressure to fall into line.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Military, Fall, Warrior

  Christopher Hitchens (2014). “For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports”, p.166, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Doors, Chloe, Honestly

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Racism is to the current era what unAmericanism was to the Fifties: a curse word that provides a handy substitute for logical thought.

  Steve Sailer

  Racism, Eras, Logical

  "Banned by Free Republic?". www.vdare.com. January 03, 2001.

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• These are all direct quotes, except every time they use a curse word, I'm going to use the name of a famous American poet: 'You Walt Whitman-ing, Edna St. Vincent Millay! Go Emily Dickinson your mom!' 'Thanks for the advice, you pathetic piece of E.E. Cummings, but I think I'm gonna pass.' 'You Robert Frost-ing Nikki Giovanni! Get a life, nerd. You're a virgin.' 'Hey bro, you need to go outside and get some fresh air into you. Or a girlfriend.' I need to get a girlfriend into me? I think that shows a fundamental lack of comprehension about how babies are made.

  John Green

  Mom, Baby, Girlfriend

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• Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his mother’s surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must be imagining it. Though…it was also odd that he would imagine his mother thinking such a string of curse words.

  Trudi Canavan

  Mother, Character, Thinking

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• Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite. I've never liked curse words for that reason.

  Bryan Callen

  Opposites, Disrespectful, Reason

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