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Last week, I had to offer my publisher a bottle that was far too good for him simply because there was nothing between the insulting and the superlative.

A. J. Liebling
bottles insulting wine

Freedom of discussion is in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury of twelve shopkeepers think it expedient should be said or written.

A. V. Dicey
insulting writing thinking
Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless... by Ai Weiwei

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

Ai Weiwei
way-forward insulting self

It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money.

Al Alvarez
insult insulting easy
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great... by Alexander Woollcott

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

Alexander Woollcott
flying england insulting

It pays in England to be a revolutionary and a bible-smacker most of one's life, and then come round.

Alfred Douglas
england insulting pay

Education is power, it changes your whole life, it can create a life for yourself. So the more educated you are, the more you learn about what you care about, you become a more caring person. And if you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with, without denigrating or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. And you may even change their mind, or they may change yours.

Amy Poehler
insulting caring mind

If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.

Amy Poehler
insulting care may
When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yours... by Andre Maurois

When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised

Andre Maurois
insulting used may
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can... by Aneurin Bevan

In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.

Aneurin Bevan
germany democracy insulting
Freedom of expression does not extend to insulting the Prophets o... by Anjem Choudary

Freedom of expression does not extend to insulting the Prophets of Allah.

Anjem Choudary
insulting expression doe

Really annoys me any time I see Asian fusion too. Asia is a big place; which Asian are you talking about? You notice it's never Uzbek or Tajik food. It's Thai, and it's generally insulting.

Anthony Bourdain
fusion insulting talking
It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my p... by Anthony Holden

It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation.

Anthony Holden
reputation insulting literature

Speaking of New York as a traveller I have two faults to find with it. In the first place there is nothing to see; and in the second place there is no mode of getting about to see anything.

Anthony Trollope
insulting new-york two
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banal... by Anton Chekhov

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

Anton Chekhov
being-yourself depressing insulting
The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them th... by Arthur Murray

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined.

Arthur Murray
england insulting people

Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot.

Artie Lange
insulting sound want

Whether it's a professional, academic keeping people out by using certain mystifying language, or technologists presenting their work as incredibly complicated, no one can understand it (especially not "moms," who are always invoked as the ultimate know-nothings, which is incredibly insulting to a whole lot of people).

Astra Taylor
insulting mom people

The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely right.

Auberon Waugh
loathing two-sides insulting

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

Barack Obama
olympics allies insulting
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