Quotes about Scoundrel
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
— 1 Samuel 25:17
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
— 1 Samuel 25:25
No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
— Isaiah 32:5
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
— Isaiah 32:7
As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
— William Faulkner
Have you grown since I saw you last?" "No, master. I'm still the runt you left behind." "I have never called you that. Scamp, most certainly. Scoundrel, almost daily. But never runt."
— Janette Oke
Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.
— Samuel Johnson
If you are the heel, and if you are doing your job right, you are most hated.
— Roddy Piper
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
— Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.
— Mark Twain