Insult Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.”

Douglas Adams

Coolness, Humor, Insult, Slang, Exaggeration

2. “The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.”

Orson Scott Card

Humor, Insult, Competence, Bodily Functions, Sarcasm, Criticism

3. “One of Ender's toonmates shook his head. "You dumb as a thumb."”

Orson Scott Card

Insult, Humor, Intelligence, Social Interaction, Colloquial Language, Peer Judgment

4. “It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.”

Harper Lee

Insult, Perception, Self-worth, Judgment, Confidence, Character

5. “Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.”

Herman Melville

Defiant Spirit, Blasphemous Ideas, Sun, Strike, Insult, Defiance

6. “This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty... what you will.”

Henry Miller

Art, Philosophy, Insult, Expression, Creativity, Rebellion

7. “I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.”

George Bernard Shaw

Sarcasm Intelligence, Witty Insult, Sarcasm, Intelligence, Insult, Wit

8. “You is getting nosier than a parker.”

Roald Dahl

Humorous Critique, Personal Observation, Playful Insult, Humor, Observation, Insult

9. “I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.”

Jane Austen

Displeasure, Insult, Anger, Conflict, Rejection, Insult

10. “Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. – Daenerys Targaryen.”

George R. R. Martin

Woman Insult, Slap Power, Gender Challenge, Insult, Power, Challenge

11. “They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever liked being called Attercop, and Tomnoddy of course is insulting to anybody.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Anger, Insult, Spider, Humor, Names

12. “Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.”

Oscar Wilde

Poverty, Thrift, Insult, Irony, Critique