#scold

I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online - but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can't use the net unless you can read. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#ago #found #fundamentals #got #grammar

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#encourage #men #scold #them #then

No one was ever scolded out of their sins. ↗

— William Cowper

#out #scolded #sins #their

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world. ↗

— Jane Howard

#anthropology #beamed #gave #her #platform

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#kiss #kissing #love #most #mothers

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#fool #great #great pleasure #him #himself

People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#lecture #listen #people #scolded #talked

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#force #go #him #himself #his

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. ↗

— Charley Pride

#also #defend #fans #helpful #offer

My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#along #always #father #good #good relationship