#insult

We have this weird thing in the world where you don't get insulted for what you do, you get insulted for who you are. ↗

— John Green

#insult

A tiny dark object came sailing out of the window and landed at the giant's feet. Polybotes yelled, "Grenade!" He covered his face. His troops hit the ground. When the thing did not explode, Polybotes bent down cautiously and picked it up. He roared in outrage. "A Ding Dong? You dare insult me with a Ding Dong?" He threw the cake back at the shop, and it vaporized in the light. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#polybotes #insult

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#oscar-wilde #insult

The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#commentary #gay #honesty #lesbian #lgbt

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it. ↗

— Moses Hadas

#books #classic-insult #irony #literary-criticism #time

Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#insult #insult

The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#simile #witty #insult

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. ↗

— Andrew Lang

#simile #insult

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#insult

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#insult #insult