Swearing Quotes - Page 6

• I briefly considered doing Edgar Allan Poe and just swearing a lot.

  Andy Richter

  Allan Poe

  "Q+A: Andy Richter's Secret to Happiness". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. March 13, 2012.

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• I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?

  Larry Wall

  Daughter, Said, Shoulders

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• I don't want to start singing about things like sex, drugs and swearing. I'm into love, and maybe I'll get more into making love when I'm older. But I want to be someone who is respected by everybody.

  Justin Bieber

  Sex, Drug, Making Love

  "Justin Bieber Talks Sex, Drugs and Turning 18" by Zach Johnson, www.usmagazine.com. January 10, 2012.

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• Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling appeared before Congress. Do you think they even bothered swearing him in? Now he is denying he lied to Congress last week. He's saying it was just the liquor talking.

  Jay Leno

  Thinking, Talking, Lasts

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• Clary felt suddenly annoyed. "When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?" "Exsanguinated," said Jace, impressed. "That's a big word." "And you're a big-" "Tsk tsk," he interupted. "No swearing in church.

  Cassandra Clare

  Self, Annoyed, Church

  Cassandra Clare (2008). “City of Bones”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• Are we all just Dark Age doctors, swearing by our leeches? We crave a greater science. We want to be proven wrong.

  Isaac Marion

  Dark, Doctors, Age

  Isaac Marion (2016). “Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• Jenks made a move to follow, probably forgetting he didn’t have wings anymore. He leaned forward and fell to the floor, face first. “Jenks!” I shouted when he hit with a dull smack and started swearing.

  Kim Harrison

  Moving, Wings, Dull

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• Brigan spun around to face the man, swearing with as much as exasperation and fury as Fire had ever heard anyone swear. The man scuttled away in alarm.

  Kristin Cashore

  Men, Fire, Alarms

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.210, Penguin

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• When you're in @#*!#-ing hell, your forehead can feel a wee bit feverish. (By the way, that's the way my wife actually curses. She doesn't use dirty words; she'll literally say "asterisk, pound sign, exclamation point, the-letter-'A'-with-a-circle-around-it, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk.")

  Paul Reiser

  Funny, Dirty, Exclamation Points

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• I'm so lucky to have worked with Burt Lancaster, who I remember was one of the first people I'd heard swearing in a really interesting way.

  Peter Capaldi

  People, Interesting, Lucky

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Bullying behaviour can be communicated via text, mobile phones, internet, social networking sites, forums. But we can't limit it because these messages are then reinforced by television which glamorises yelling, swearing and vulgar behaviour as the way to walk the red carpet of acceptance.

  Louise Burfitt-Dons

  Bullying, Acceptance, Phones

  Speech, Tackling Bullying Conference, London, February 27, 2008.

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• On the air, it's as if somebody draws a heavy drape to block any bias. I don't even feel it inside. It's the same curtain that keeps you from swearing. I've known broadcasters who can't get one sentence out in normal conversation without being profane, and yet, they can go on the air and talk for three hours and never slip once.

  Dick Enberg

  Block, Air, Normal

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• Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match.

  Bubba Smith

  Children, Watches, Lines

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