Rude Quotations | Page 2

In a safe Western world where we're not being shot at and we're not starving, the worst thing that happens to us most days is someone's rude to us, or we accidentally insult someone. Social faux pas is the worst thing that happens to most people, most days, so we've got to concentrate on that, really.

Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.

Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet.

This production is for all ages. Little kids like it as well as rowdy adults. It's really not rude at all. There's one line in the whole play that's rude.

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

When I come to a tournament I set really high goals and I come here to do the best I can. I don't know if I'm being rude if I win my own tournament, but I'm just a very competitive person and I love to do well. Today was a step in the right direction and one of my better rounds in about a month so I feel really good.

So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes it was created for, such as to be rude in, to tell jokes in, to cheat or to make love in (and Theorists of Literary Criticism can even be content-free in it), but it is hopelessly inadequate when we have to deal unambiguously with situations of great intricacy, situations which unavoidably arise in such activities as legislation, arbitration, mathematics or programming.

Twitter's a funny one, I mean, it's good in some respects but I can't stand it in other respects. You know there are too many opinions, people get opinions mixed up and people get being rude mixed up with that's my opinion.

Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous, love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end.

Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd thro' the Void, by some rude Shock we're broke, And all our boasted Fire is lost in Smoke

I don't know what innovation is, but I can give a guide to rude realities and somewhat serious suggestions about innovation and how to approach it.

I - and I think many other observers - thought Ichiro would be the one to say no and Hideki would say yes. I think he's grateful to (George) Steinbrenner for the new contract and the confidence in him. He feels more of an obligation to Steinbrenner than he does to Japan. It's not about the money, it's about the vote of confidence. I think he thought it would be rude to leave the team in spring training. If he hadn't just signed the contract, maybe he would have gone.

B.S.. I could have been the president of the United States, and she was going to be rude to me.

If Bank of America and other companies think they are buying peace from reparations activists with these million-dollar contributions, they are in for a rude surprise.

He's got such a wit and sense of humor like no other. He says things that will cut you without being rude or obnoxious.

We have to attack rude behavior - fighting, bickering, talking too loud.

Have you seen but a bright lily grow, / Before rude hands have touched it? / Have you marked but the fall o' the snow / Before the soil hath smutched it? . . . O so white! O so soft! O so sweet is she!

Joey D had a little rude awakening to the big leagues last year. But the kid has a lot of talent and a tremendous ceiling ahead of him. We're hopefully going to help him reach it the best we can. I know where I was right out of college, and I wasn't where he's at.

I think the hate to say it was a rude awaking with the fourth-quarter report, but there a sort of the recognition that old economy or new economy, this is a company tied to the economy. Here or there you can find flaws, but it's a pretty strong company. However, if the economy slows down, it slows down for them too.

I replaced someone on 'Days of our Lives' once, and the fans hated me. She was a redhead, I was a brunette: they went nuts. Even at fan events, they were rude to me.

Our guys are going to tell you that this is a better Indiana team than the one they last met. And if they don't see that, then, you know, they may be in for a rude awakening.

Participating in the legislative process has been personally devastating and a rude awakening. We never stood a chance.

Junior college was a good, rude awakening. He matured. He had one more chance, and he made a name for himself.

It is decidedly rude to make mistakes in e-mail, because the recipient will then have difficulty reading and understanding the message.

Listen, Patch, I don’t want to be rude, but—” “Sure you do.” “Well, you started it!” Lovely. Very mature.

When the coarse cloth she saw, with many a stain, / Soiled by rude hands, who cut and came again.

When something tragic happens, it's a rude awakening that life doesn't go exactly the way we plan. You grow up faster and realize part of life's beauty is that it isn't all planned, that there are many unknowns. Nothing's guaranteed, but you have to live. You can't just walk through life, you have to actually embrace it and go after it.

Well, I'm keeping track of you phone conversations. Friends on the inside,you know. You really shouldn't be so rude to telemarketers.

Three independent bystanders said Marcus never had a gun in his hand. Marcus admits that those three said something rude to his girlfriend, and he verbally confronted them.

aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed, rude, nervy, perhaps; but the lungs are fine.

We don't look at each other [in the car], but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult.

The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine.

Our ego is a monster that loves to sit at the head of the table, and I have learned that my ego is just as rude and loud and hungry as everyone else's. It doesn't matter how much you get; you are left wanting more.

I dont ever want to do anything mediocre. I hear the music in the charts and I dont mean to be rude, but those people have no soul. Learning from music is like eating a meal - you have to pace yourself. You cant take everything from it all at once. I want to be different, definitely. Im not a one trick pony. Im at least a five-trick pony.

What’s wrong? Has Francis been rude? Then you must try to overlook it. I know you wouldn’t think so, but he is thoroughly upset by Tom Erskine’s death; and when Francis is troubled he doesn’t show it, he just goes and makes life wretched for somebody.

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

How inexplicable it seems. Anything else will be accepted as a better excuse. If one sets aside time for a business appointment, a trip to the hairdresser, a social engagement or a shopping expedition, that time is accepted as inviolable. But if one says: I cannot come because that is my hour to be alone, one is considered rude, egotistical or strange.

There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude,

I'm a gentleman and I was always taught it's rude, to talk about a woman's age or weight unless you are breaking up with her.

You know what I'd like to be able to do more than anything else? I'd love to be able to shoot spaghetti out of my fingertips. Pppptthhh! Cause no one wants to be covered in spaghetti. No. If I'm on a date with a girl and she's very rude, I'd be like, You know what? Pppptthhh! Enjoy your spaghetti, you're very rude. Enjoy your spaghetti, cause you're rude. Pppptthhh!

If something is worth being rude about, it is worth understanding as well.

You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar. He stood for everything she feared and hated and despised; but she knew she could love him... This was no choice made with the mind.

Courtesy is fine and heaven knows we need more and more of it in a rude and frenetic world, but mechanized courtesy is as pallid as Pablum ... in fact, it isn't even courtesy.

We have computers to help us with the returns, but no way would we ever have a computer answer the phone. It's rude and it aggravates people.

Without getting into it, just that I'm not as goody two-shoes as people think. I'm a normal woman. I've dated a lot of guys, I've had a few drinks, I've cursed, I've been rude to my parents.

But the people I've talked to that are true fans really resent his decision to go compete against his alma mater and the school he did so much for as a coach. It's going to be pretty interesting to see. But I would suspect he could have a pretty rude reception. . .

While the monthly December data was not itself a negative surprise, the aggregate 2005 total was a rude reminder.

Twitter's a funny one. I mean, it's good in some respects, but I can't stand it in other respects. You know there are too many opinions, people get opinions mixed up, and people get being rude mixed up with 'that's my opinion.'

To his pure and knightly soul not Edith alone, but every woman, sat high and aloof, enthroned and exalted, with a thousand mystic excellencies and virtues which raised her far above the rude world of man. There was joy in contact with them; and yet there was fear, fear lest his own unworthiness, his untrained tongue or rougher ways should in some way break rudely upon this delicate and tender thing.

We weren't sure what she was going to do next. She never got violent with us, but she was pretty rude sometimes. At other times she was perfectly fine with us and was normal.

Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.

The rude provocations that have been undertaken from its Interests Office in Havana does not, and could not, have any other goal.

I've progressed from being a conceited brat during the early years. I was very rude to people when I think back on it.

It would be rude not to share what I know with those who want to hear it.

Rude might be pushing it, but I think there was a time, before we got here, that maybe there was indifference. Oakmont has had a reputation for doing things that are not public-friendly.

Any grass-roots organization or group of individuals that come together often have an impact with local officials when they're reasonable. If someone's indignant, rude or loud, reasonable people get turned off. It's almost like they click a switch off in my brain when they get belligerent, and I almost don't hear some positives they may have.

A lot of people went into retirement with pension funds and stock market investments that they thought would serve them toward the end. They've been in for some pretty rude awakenings.

A lot of the stereotypes went away after Sept. 11 of us being rude and unwelcoming. For the first time, our police officers and our firefighters were a tourist attraction.

There will be a rude awaking early next year. We expect first-quarter gross domestic product to contract.

They're rude and not as talented as they think they are. I won't mince words here but they've had a go at me personally.

It serves as a rude awakening when they show up and they realize 'Boy, it never occurred to me this might not be the right place.' ... In my mind, that is the function of really bad counseling.

It's a rude interruption of that string of nine straight monthly job gains.

It looks like 2006 saw the housing market in the rude health it ended last year and the market could continue to accelerate in the coming months. That's something the Bank of England will keep its eye on.

It's part of a larger issue of rude patron behavior. It's something that gets people really upset. When it does happen, it's infuriating.

The best and most considerate thing to do is to speak openly about the inequities of the bill. Presuming that people are going to split it equally is rude and inappropriate.

The Beatles were a pop group, but when you actually listen to the tracks, they were very rude about the way they went about things.

It's definitely a rude awakening. We're going to have to get better. We're going to have to get better every step of the way.

They came out flying and were on a mission. We respected them, but they really took us off guard with how good they executed and how well they played. It's a different season when it comes to the playoffs, and we had a rude awakening to that last year.

They became very rude and abusive to our staff and we took the decision to ... refuse them travel.

That's an extremely rude question. I've had about enough of this

I'm actually glad that it happened. As one player said after the game, it was refreshing to lose. It showed us that we're vulnerable and that we can be beaten when we don't play well. I think if we would have gone undefeated in league, we would have been in for a rude shock in the playoffs. This brings us back to earth and shows us we still have a lot to work on.

I'll get in the ring (with Brinkley) when everything - the money, the promotion, the event - is right, ... I've had (10) pro fights. I'm smart enough to know I'm still in a learning phase. I'm not going to be pushed into the ring by rude comments. Log onto www.jessebrinkley.com and support him. Log onto www.joeygilbert.com , too. See you at Tahoe. Thank you.

I know one thing these guys are well-coached and they're going to come after us. Anybody who falls for that I-AA thing is in for a rude awakening.

Investors who had been less aware of mutual fund taxes had a rude awakening in 2000, when many funds had low or negative returns but still paid out large taxable distributions. Many shareholders who, in the past, might have been dismissive about fund taxes were horrified to learn they will be paying taxes on fund investments on which they lost money last year.

I am in an age group where it is rude to discuss money, and now it is all anyone cares about.

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, and loose, and almost always strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be commoner than long books, wit than erudition, imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, and to stir passions rather than to charm taste.

You are always living a reflection of whatever you are outputting. And so, if you get into a little pocket where a lot of people are being rude, it's probably because you are being rude — or because you have been aware of people being rude. Nothing ever happens to you that is not part of your vibration!

I kick kittens. I made rude gestures at nuns.

Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?

Personally, it’s rude. You got three kids with the lady, she just did 17 years for you and you’re not gonna leave your...whatever!

He that is angry at a feast is rude.

That be the jealousy talking," Gator said, in no way perturbed. "I can't help the way the women love me. I was born with the gift." The men hooted and made rude noises. "You were born with a gift of bullshitting." Sam pointed out, "but that's about it." He looked at Dahlia. "Pardon me, ma'am, but its the truth." "I rather thought it was," she agreed.

For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably one of the worst public speakers. I try to avoid it, but there are times when it's just too rude not to do it. But there really isn't a moment that's not embarrassing for me if I'm going to stand up in front of a crowd.

When people are rude to other people. When people belittle other people. Bullies really bother me a lot. A lot, a lot.

Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?

Humanitarianism is rude.

I'm the most un-diva-ish person you'll meet. I'm never rude to people and I am always on time.

When did the cell phone become a license to be rude? And why must I be subjected to your personal conversations?

Unhappiness can be like a virus spreading from one person, to the next person, to the next one and so on. When someone is mean or rude to you, do not let their unhappiness infect your own life. If you are the unhappy one, please quarantine yourself so you do not infect others!

Your story needs to move people’s spirits and build their goodwill, so that when you finally do ask them to buy from you, they feel like you’ve given them so much it would be almost rude to refuse.

The idea of Jehovah was born here... Out of the rude elements of the insignificant thoughts thoughts that are in all men, they reared the transcendent conception of a God.

I have a crazy sense of humor so if someone is just trying to be rude to me, or if you can tell that someone is angry for no reason, I like to entertain them.

You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!

If he doesn't respect me he should at least respect the position (of match referee), but he made matters worse for himself with his dismissive and rude attitude.

I couldn't believe how rude she was. I identified myself. I never raised my voice. I was stunned. If she treats other people the way she treated me, she shouldn't have contact with the public.

Anyway, members of the Inquisitorial Squad do have the power to dock points so, Granger, I'll have five from you for being rude about our new Headmistress. Macmillan, five for contradicting me. Five because I don't like you, Potter. Weasley, your shirt's untucked, so I'll have another five for that. Oh yeah, I forgot, you're a Mudblood, Granger, so ten off for that.

I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely.

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements . Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the ''haves.

It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes from honest men, who praise sincerely those things in us which are really commendable.