"People having religions is an insult to the universe."
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"The freedom of birds is an insult to me."
"I'd much rather insult people and make 'em angry. Donnie Darko's very controversial. Not all of my friends like it. Honestly, it's almost become a test for me. If somebody says they don't like Donnie Darko, I think, "Oh, I don't know you as well as I thought I did.""
"You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else."
"I usually do drive-by insults, and keep moving until I realize the next day how horrible I am."
"The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art"
"You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me."
"Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood."
"Poets should be law-givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work."
"One insult pocketed soon produces another."
"The one measure of true love is: you can insult the other. --Slavoj Zizek"
"Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood."
"Who is there in the world who can insult the God in the image?"
"We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone."
"Are you stupid or did you just take lessons?"
"To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences."
"To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression."
"It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!"
"It's not an insult to have a past and to have some accountability to it."
"It is a shameful thing to insult a child."