Insulted Quotes

• Its better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

  John H. Johnson

  Smart, Opportunity, People

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• Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.

  Herman Melville

  Men, Doubt, Atheism

  Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.181, Velvet Element Books

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• If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.

  Johannes Brahms

  Insulted Him, Leaving, Pardon

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• The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.

  Kresley Cole

  Respect, Hurt, Insulting

  Kresley Cole (2012). “Lothaire”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Happiness

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

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• If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Letting Go, Hurt, Offended You

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Nov 11, 2016

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• He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

  Brigham Young

  Fool, Rage, Paradox

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• Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Insult To Injury, Comeback, Argument

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• If you know yourself, then you'll not be harmed by what is said about you.

  Sufyan al-Thawri

  Self Esteem, Islamic, Knowing

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• A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

  Louis Nizer

  Clever, Comeback, Insult

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• Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Ambition, Order, Age

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.158, Routledge

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  I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.

  John Wayne

  Hands, People, Western Movie

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.64, Taylor Trade Publications

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• The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.

  Pat Robertson

  Children, Taken, School

  "Falwell apologizes to gays, feminists, lesbians". www.cnn.com. September 14, 2001.

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• Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

  Maria Weston Chapman

  Love, Voice, Giving

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• I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.

  Moby

  Sun, Strikes, Ifs

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• When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.

  George Saunders

  Long, Way, Explaining

  "George Saunders: a life in writing". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2013.

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• Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Glasses, People, Water

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis as terrorists or Mexicans as violent drug dealers you'll never hear the end of it. But as still the largest - and possibly the richest - ethnic group in the States, the British just have to take it.

  Simon Hoggart

  Drug, Hollywood, Groups

  "What do men guilty of 'inappropriate behaviour' think they will get from it?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. March 1, 2013.

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• To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Men, Insult To Injury, Liberty

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1926). “Individual liberty: selections from the writings of Benjamin R. Tucker”

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• Remember that any time you're filled with resentment, you're turning the controls of your emotional life over to others to manipulate.

  Wayne Dyer

  Emotional, Control Someone, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Nov 07, 2011

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• I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Believe, Insults You, Comeback

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• I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.

  Aleister Crowley

  Education, Memories, Philosophical

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

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• Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Stars, Average, Entertainment

  In Sammy Davis Jnr., J., and B. Boyar 'Yes I Can' (1965) pt. 3, ch. 23

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  Don't be humble... you're not that great.

  Golda Meir

  Sarcastic, Humble, Humility

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 18 Mar. 1969

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• If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

  Ruud Gullit

  Player, Should Have, Fields

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