264 Quotes About Insults

Hysterics are the hallmark of the production of genius. Insults are its common currency.

Oh, he was quite a scholar, Mr. Taxovich.

Finally, he [John F. Mercer] ridiculed Hamilton as an upstart, "a mushroom excrescence," who did not deserve the prominence he had gained.

Oh!" he answered smiling, "Mr. Murray!I am glad to see you. I have been with several of your relations; the goodlady your mother was of great use to us at Perth.

Insults weren't a problem for him because they were typically made out of fear.

Insults are the most common provocation for anger because, whether we think about this or not, they generate social imbalances.

Just because it's the truth doesn't make it less insulting.

Gods curse it, Kel, you heard what he said!""I heard a fart," Kel said grimly. You know where those come from. Let it go." -Faleron and Kel

Richard had long ago made it clear that he viewed medical students as nothing more than an annoyance. Part canker, part pustule, we functioned – were he ever so generous to use that word – as vestigial organs, adding to the team like supernumerary nipples.