#rude

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#away #barbarous #criminal #criminal justice #english-speaking

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#gesture #least #mean #rather #rude

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#except #gentleman #honestly #i #i can

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#bestows #equal #equally #experience #men

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future. ↗

— Dee Hock

#apply #compare #concepts #course #determine

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#imitation #rudeness #weak

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#concern #essence #future #past #probing

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#ask #being #good #good thing #hard

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds. ↗

— Neil Innes

#come #dancing #decided #did #here

I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#rude #humor