264 Quotes About Insults

A father who abuses his child by calling him goat, and a child who praises his father by calling him lion, have in effect called each other animals; goat and lion are beasts.

When a cat, who is a picture of grace and beauty, suddenly rolls over in a hideous posture, contorts his face and scratches his ear, he is telling you, sir, to go to blazes!

Na segunda-feira seguinte, na fábrica, todos já sabiam. Marfiza era um diabo-espalha-fatos, que inferno. Quando ouvi o primeiro comentário na fábrica, fiquei com um vermelho-roxo no rosto. Ela jamais seria capaz de enxergar. Se estivesse na minha frente, faria escorrer do pescoço dela. Boca aberta. Futriqueira. Venenosa. Rouba-vida. Mexeriqueira. Língua de escorpião. Maldosa. Ressentida. Vilipendiadora. Sonsa.

I have read the [...] scribblings, which I consigned to the fire where they belong — and where they for once cast a little light, which they certainly would not have done otherwise.

Seto Kaiba [to Koji Nagumo]: You poor duelist...When you insult my little brother...you insult Kaiba Corporation. I assume you're prepared for the consequences...

You are like bread without kneading!” Charlie said, annoyed.

I have never understood why an intoxicated man feels the climax of insult is to hurl at you your name. Perhaps because he knows it is the one charge you cannot deny. But invariably before you escape, as though assured the words will cover your retreat with shame, he throws at you your full title.

We discard the elderly, but the elderly used to discard the elderly. Those old people we tease are just listening to our insults and not deciding to speak. They’re not stupid. They just understand. Old people are young people who’ve had a few more heartbreaks, thousands of more workdays, and who’ve prepared a dozen more eulogies.

IF YOU WANT TO GROW AND BE SUCCESSFUL, LEARN TO SWALLOW INSULTS. WHEN YOU GROW TOMORROW, THE SAME PEOPLE WHO INSULTED YOU WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO INCREASE THEIR SELF ESTEEM.