Scum Quotes - Page 2

• All businessmen are scum.

  Frank Dobson

  Businessman

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• Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

  Stanley Crouch

  Dog, Liars, School

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• By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum

  Steve Albini

  Wise, Rocks, Band

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• Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve.

  Craig Reucassel

  Running, Fighting, Scum Of The Earth

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• I think the strangest thing probably is when I went to Japan, and I don't know what the hell I was eating, but there was this one thing that seemed to be in a lot of soups and things there - I always called it pond scum. It looked exactly like the green stuff that floats on top of a pond. I would say, "Oh my God, this has pond scum in it!" I would eat it, to be polite, because we were usually with Japanese people and I didn't want to gag or spit it out or anything. And I still don't know what it was.

  Cassandra Peterson

  Thinking, Japan, People

  "Elvira on her date with Elvis and the fish recipe she got from Vincent Price". Interview with Katie Rife, aux.avclub.com. October 5, 2016.

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• Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Scum Of The Earth, Saint, May

  Kurt Vonnegut (1998). “Timequake”, p.26, Penguin

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• Men, in general, are a sort of scum, very different to anything of which you have an idea.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Men, Ideas, Different

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Shirley: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.126, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• [E]lections amount to little more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom.

  L. Neil Smith

  Littles, Settling, Barrels

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• The human species produces a certain percentage of scum. That is the way in which I have understood the world my whole life

  Dennis Prager

  World, Way, Percentages

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• The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.

  John Dryden

  Nations

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• You must work well with others and be loyal to your team. Disloyalty is the worst of all traits. I seldom use the words "You're fired!" in business, unless somebody is really scum and stole from me.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Team, Use

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• There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no one would save him from it. Peter might be scum, but Peter had been right, always right; the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.

  Orson Scott Card

  Pain, Forever, Doubt

  "Ender's Game". Book by Orson Scott Card, 1985.

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• We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.

  John Mortimer

  America, World, May

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• They're selling razor blades and mirrors in the street
  Pray that when I'm coming down you'll be alseep
  If I ever hurt you your revenge will be so sweet
  Because I'm scum
  And I'm your son
  I come undone

  Robbie Williams

  Song, Sweet, Hurt

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• A man capable of torturing another human being, even if he's scum, feels something break in him, the most important thing that he has, his humanity, his soul if you want.

  Saadi Yacef

  Men, Soul, Humanity

  Source: www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk

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• When business is not all that it should be there is a temptation to sit back and say, Well, what's the use! We've done everything possible to stir up a little business and there is nothing doing so what's the use of trying! There is always a way. There was a way in and there is a way out. And success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw, and says, There is a way for me and, by jingo, I'll find it. The stagnator gathers green scum, finally dries up and leaves an unsightly hollow.

  Cliff Sloan

  Perseverance, Men, Squares

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• Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, even respectful, in circumventing the rocks in a stream. It makes room for everything that enters its pools. It accommodates by assuming the shape of any vessel it is poured into. And it is humble, seeking always the lowest level. Yet along with - or rather because of these adaptive, yielding properties, it is ultimately irresistible; it carves canyons out of stone.

  Huston Smith

  Morning, Humble, Humility

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• Marcone's scum... But he's his own scum.

  Jim Butcher

  Harry Dresden, Dresden

  "Small Favor". Book by Jim Butcher, April 1, 2008.

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• Now sod off back to your own world, you motherless scum, and save your threats for those who care.

  Darren Shan

  Who Cares, World, Threat

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• Syn may be too much of a gentleman to hit you, but I’m not. I’m not only ashamed to call you human, I’m completely disgusted that we share the same gender. You want to know the truth? The only filth in this room is you, and you’re the one who doesn’t deserve to breathe our air. Decent’s got nothing to do with birthright. It’s all about actions, and trust me, you’re the lowest form I’ve ever met and I’ve taken in the worst scum imaginable. But I’d rather sit at the table with them than you any day. (Shahara to Mara)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Taken, Air, Gentleman

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• She thumped him again. He looked startled, then caught her flying fist in his hand and gently pried her fingers open. Very carefully he pressed a kiss into the exact center of her palm. 'Savannah? Were you trying to hit me?' 'I didn't hit you--twice, you scum. You didn't even notice the first time.' She sounded very irritated with him. For some reason it made him want to smile. 'I apologize, mon amour. Next time, I promise I will notice when you strike me.' The hard edge to his mouth softened into a semblance of a smile. 'I will even go so far as to pretend that it hurts, if you wish it.

  Christine Feehan

  Hurt, Kissing, Hands

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• Lestat: Toughen up baby. I'm looking for the eternal scum.

  Anne Rice

  Baby, Lestat, Eternal

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• The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

  Duke of Wellington

  Scum Of The Earth, History, Soldier

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• ...Her parents were going to a conference for the weekend. The conference was called "Lawyers are Lovely, Great and Superb: so Why Does Everyone Think that They are Liars, Greedy and Scum?" and Mr Thomson was doing a speech called "Ten Tips to Make Lawyers as Popular as Doctors.

  Jaclyn Moriarty

  Liars, Weekend, Thinking

  Jaclyn Moriarty (2010). “The Year of Secret Assignments”, p.217, Scholastic Inc.

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• YOU CHEATING SCUM!” Lee Jordan was howling into the megaphone, dancing out of Professor McGonagall’s reach. “YOU FILTHY, CHEATING B —” Professor McGonagall didn’t even bother to tell him off. She was actually shaking her finger in Malfoy’s direction, her hat had fallen off, and she too was shouting furiously.

  J. K. Rowling

  Cheating, Dancing, Jordan

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