Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.
Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.
But later writers did not hesitate to weigh in. Among them was Paul Goldberger, the successor to Ms. Huxtable as architecture critic for The Times. In his book The City Observed New York ... a graceless, sloppy, cheap entertainment and office complex that would be an insult to an empty site in the middle of nowhere.
The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
This is an insult to Hong Kong people.
It (the plan) is a repugnant and immoral maneuver, a rude reply to the pope's proposals... an insult to the Cuban religious institutions and a challenge to the (Cuban) people who resist and will resist with honor,
ABC's unilateral decision to pay digital download residuals at the home video rate is a violation of our contract and an insult to our hard-working members. It is unacceptable and we will aggressively pursue all legal options at our disposal.
I am the girl-next-door type to some people... I don't take it as an insult.
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.
What happened is an unforgivable crime and an insult to the Palestinian people.
The direct consequence of having carried out transparent elections ... is a calculated attack, scorn, insults and finger-pointing.
If there is a God, atheism must strike Him as less of an insult than religion.
The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth. . . the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us. . .
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it if you can't ignore it, top it if you can't top it, laugh at it if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
He is using this as a joke. This is an insult coming from him. Why he chose to focus on the Black Caucus, I have no idea other than he is crazy and a racist.
To believe God is a Privilege, To doubt God is an insult.
A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.
THE heart that does not melt at the sight of persons caught in the coils of ignorance, disease or deprivation, has to be labeled demonic to call it bestial is an insult to the beasts.
Of course, youve also got to follow up and make sure that the changes youre asking for get made. Excuses or apologies which arent accompanied by changes in behavior (and real results) are just insults.
Financially, we would have to take regular jobs now to keep this thing going. We've always given 100 to this thing, and it would be an insult to our fans and to ourselves to do it less than 100 because we would be spending most of our time making a living elsewhere.
I can't figure out what they were thinking. It's an insult to everyone who is stuck in traffic on the 405 every day. We should play this as a loop on our traffic station three times a day to let drivers know why there is no relief coming.
Because Coach Portland thought that I was gay, I was treated in a very demeaning manner, ... Coach Portland created an offensive, hostile and intimidating learning environment for players she believed were gay. She created divisiveness on the team by instructing players not to associate with other players she believed to be gay, or they would be kicked off the team also. Coach Portland's final insult was to exclude me from the 2004-2005 Awards Banquet, which all of my 2004-2005 Lady Lion basketball teammates were invited to attend.
There's a new movement which sees corporate power, government power and police power as merging together to marginalize the rights of indigenous peoples, the powerless and workers. To participate in a police protest plan is almost an insult.
To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
The best way to procure insults is to submit to them.
New Jersey legislature needs to represent the people that elected them to office. It is an insult to ask the taxpayers of New Jersey to tighten their belts year after year, while the pork barrel spending is rampant.
In their native land, pythons hang around wading bird rookeries. Our wading bird populations have declined because of insults we've done to their environment, and here we're throwing another insult at them. We're trying to restore their populations, but this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
I think they dislike Florida, to tell you the truth, a lot more than me .... A few fans might want to yell some insults at me which is fine. I've heard it all before. Hurl insults, just don't hurl bottles, and I'll be fine.
an outrage and an insult to the women of this country.
The British male is either reticent, tongue-tied and awkward, or boorish and crass, and he usually consumes too much alcohol. English male flirting tends to be very circuitous, and involves a lot of insults rather than compliments.
The information relayed was disturbing to the African American community. These are threats we heard in the early 1960s. For them to be swept under the rug would be an insult to the black community and the state Department of Education.
The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
This action is preposterous, false and unfounded, and an insult to law enforcement,
Any prison sentence for an offence of opinion is unacceptable, even in cases of insult or defamation.
Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains then shall thy pocket begin to thrive creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.
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