Quotes: Profanity

First you learn a new language, profanity; and second you learn not to discipline your dogs when you’re mad, and that’s most of the time when you’re training dogs.

We don’t do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance.

American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.

I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.

I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air… So I trained myself to say ‘Holy Cow’ instead.

I’ve tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I’m afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

For a woman to consider a financial question was shuddered over as a profanity.

There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It’s not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.