“Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Profanity is proof of ones lack of aptitude to articulate the English language with intelligence, validates an insufficient vocabulary, and displays a deficiency of simple etiquette.”
William E Brandle
“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”
Gordie Howe
“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
“Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple.”
David Keuck
“For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.”
William Shakespeare
“The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try”
