Damn Quotes

• Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
  Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
  Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
  Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,
  Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,
  That I will speak to thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Angel, Air, Heaven

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 39

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• I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

  Mark Twain

  Book, Beer, Men

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• Cape Town's beaches are superb and while the water on the Atlantic side is damn cold, it's very pleasant on the other side. Bring your golf clubs if you play - Cape Town has some fabulous golf courses.

  Wilbur Smith

  Beach, Golf, Play

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• When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Friendship, Witty

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• Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.

  Chesty Puller

  Marine, Differences, Long

  Speech by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, archive.defense.gov. August 10, 2012.

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?

  Thomas Watson

  Men, Damn You, Laughing

  Thomas Watson, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor (2015). “The Great Gain of Godliness”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• Every damn thing is your own fault, if you are any good.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Faults, Damn Things, Ifs

  Ernest Hemingway (1963). “Green Hills of Africa”, Scribner

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• Why is it so damn hard for people to talk?

  Tennessee Williams

  People, Hard

  Tennessee Williams (1975). “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, p.87, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people.

  Craig Reucassel

  Thinking, People, Would Be

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• For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

  Anne Enright

  Book, Kids, Years

  "Anne Enright: 'Love is a great punishment for desire'". Interview With Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2012.

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• Broke with nothing to live for and damn ready to die young. I'm the shadow behind the gun, look what I've become.

  Ja Rule

  Gun, Reality, Shadow

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• I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

  Joan Jett

  Past, Reality, Giving

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• Sometimes, at night you could hear the whole damn city crying.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Night, Reality, Cities

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• It will scramble your head and drag your brain about, sometimes you gotta do like Elvis did and shoot the damn thing out.

  Bob Dylan

  Brain, Sometimes, Drag

  Song: T.V. Talkin' Song, Album: Under The Red Sky, 1990

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• I make my stand and remain as I am, and bid farewell and not give a damn.

  Bob Dylan

  Farewell, Giving

  Song: Restless Farewell, Album: The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964

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• Did you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real?

  Jethro Tull

  Art, Real, Media

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• Greyhound Bus Lines motto: "We Stop For Some Damn Thing Every 200 Yards."

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Travel, Yards

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• Something smells fishy and they say it's you, all I know is that you made it with the whole damn crew.

  LL Cool J

  Smell, Infidelity, Adultery

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• He's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest dude in the whole damn town, badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog.

  Jim Croce

  Dog, Kings, Junk

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• But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized. They were despicable. Damn them all.

  Susan Sontag

  Forgiving, Care, Culture

  Susan Sontag (1992). “The Volcano Lover”

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• I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.

  Waylon Jennings

  Crazy, Boys, Thinking

  Song: G.I. Joe

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• When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.

  Barry Hannah

  Thinking, Agony, People

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• In video you are starting with nothing but a black screen. There's no game there. With pinball you at least start with that basic concept, but not with video. The challenge of going from no game to something today is only different because you have to create something so damn fun people will pay $1.00 every two minutes to play it.

  Eugene Jarvis

  Fun, Games, Play

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• I want to sit with my legs wide open and laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant turns and looks at me.

  Paula Cole

  Social Taboos, Laughing, Looks

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