“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.”
Mark Twain
“In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.”
“When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men.”
“If I cannot swear in heaven I shall not stay there.”
“One word is too often profaned For me to profane it; One feeling too falsely disdain'd For thee to disdain it”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be”
“Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple.”
David Keuck