Best 50+ Insult Quotes, Sayings about Insult With Images

Insult Quotes: Insults are like a double-edged sword – they can cut deep or make us laugh, depending on their intent and delivery. Throughout history, humans have had a knack for crafting clever, witty, and sometimes downright brutal insults. Whether it’s a playful exchange among friends or a sharp retort in a heated argument, insults have been a part of our linguistic arsenal for centuries.

In this collection, we’ve gathered 50+ insult quotes and sayings that range from humorous to thought-provoking, along with images that add a visual punch to these verbal zingers. Whether you’re looking for a clever comeback, a humorous one-liner, or just some entertaining banter, this compilation has something for everyone. So, prepare to sharpen your wit and explore the world of insults with us, but always remember to use them wisely and with a touch of humor. After all, sometimes the best way to respond to an insult is with a well-timed chuckle!

Insult Quotes, Sayings about Insult

I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town – Abe Lemons.

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies – Aristophanes.

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws – Charles Baudelaire.

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The problem with the gene pool is that there’s no lifeguard – David Gerrold.

You couldn’t get a clue during the clue mating season in a field full of horny clues if you smeared your body with clue musk and did the clue mating dance – Edward Flaherty.

I am a poor man, but I would gladly give ten shillings to find out who sent me the insulting Christmas card I received this morning – George Grossmith.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War – George Washington Bush.

Insult Quotes

A slander is like a hornet; if you can’t kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it – Henry Wheeler Shaw.

I’ve had a wonderful evening – but this wasn’t it – Groucho Marx.

A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt – G. K. Chesterton.

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog – Harold Wilson.

Painful Insult Quotes

A broken bone can heal, but the wound, a word opens can fester forever – Jessamyn West.

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 – J. Russel Lynes.

It’d be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack – Katharine Hepburn .

Don’t insult quotes

Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it – Mark Twain.

A graceful taunt is worth, a thousand insults – Louis Nizer.

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 – Moliere.

Best reply for insult quotes

She has the answer to everything and the solution to nothing – Oscar Levant.

Nancy Astor: “If you were my husband, Winston, I should flavour your coffee with poison”.
Winston Churchill: “If I were your husband, madam, I should drink it”.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally – Oscar Wilde.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go – Oscar Wilde.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you’re twenty minutes – Oscar Wilde.

Indirect insult quotes

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say “when” – P.G. Wodehouse.

Never insult anyone by accident – Robert A. Heinlein.

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead – Rose Macaulay.

Best insult quotes

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble – Sinclair Lewis.

Her face was her chaperone – Rupert Hughes.

One insult pocketed soon produces another – Thomas Jefferson.

Insult quotes about life

O, she is the antidote to desire – William Congreve.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts – William Hazlitt.