Swear Quotes - Page 26

• My dad taught me swears when I was a toddler, and I saw, at a really early age, that if I shocked people, I would get approval, and it made my arms itch with glee. I got addicted to it. It became this source of power in a totally powerless life.

  Roseanne Barr

  Dad, People, Age

  Source: www.elle.com

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• You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.

  Martin Gore

  Differences, People, Creative

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• Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Listen to me: the opposite of radical is superficial, the opposite of liberal is stingy; the opposite of conservative is destructive. Thus I will describe myself as a radical conservative liberal; but certain of the tainted red fish will swear that there can be no such fish as that. Beware of those who use words to mean their opposites. At the same time have pity on them, for usually this trick is their only stock in trade.

  R. A. Lafferty

  Mean, Men, Opposites

  "The Flame is Green" by R. A. Lafferty, (Ch. 5), 1971.

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• Many persons swear by positive thinking, and quite a few have been helped by it. Nevertheless, it is not a very effective tool and can be downright harmful in some cases.

  Srikumar Rao

  Positive Thinking, Tools, Cases

  "Why Positive Thinking Is Bad for You" by Srikumar S. Rao, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2010.

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• I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem.

  Yasser Arafat

  Fighting, Swear To God, Giving

  OneJerusalem.org, January 21, 2002.

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• I have more dumb luck thank anybody I know. There must be a convey of guardian angels working twenty-four hours a day looking after me[...] Like the night I first got to Nashville that I laid down in the middle of Broadway, waiting to get run over. It didn't happen [...] I could swear they were keeping me alive just to see what I'd get next, I'm glad they feel that way. I'm trying to help them a little more this days.

  Willie Nelson

  Running, Angel, Night

  "The Facts of Life: And Other Dirty Jokes". Book by Willie Nelson and Larry McMurtry, 2003.

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• The revolting details of childbirth had been hidden from me with such care that I was as surprised as I was horrified, and I cannot help thinking that the vows most women are made to take are very foolhardy. I doubt whether they would willingly go to the altar to swear that they will allow themselves to be broken on the wheel every nine months.

  Suzanne Curchod

  Thinking, Broken, Doubt

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• you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.

  P. D. James

  Nothing But The Truth, Oath, Whole

  P. D. James (2008). “The Lighthouse”, p.203, Faber & Faber

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• South Pacific - I really learned a lot. I swear I like to say that during South Pacific, I went from being a girl to being a woman.

  Laura Osnes

  Girl, Being A Woman, South

  "BWW Interviews: Two-Time Tony Nominee Laura Osnes Talks Masterclasses in Texas". Interview with Katricia Lang, www.broadwayworld.com. August 27, 2014.

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• What I desire most of you, my son, is never to gamble or swear. These are baneful vices.

  Nathan Bedford Forrest

  War, Son, Desire

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• Some women can touch a man and heal like Jesus. The man who sees sunrise from a Belle woman's bed will swear he's been born again.

  Paula Wall

  Jesus, Men, Sunrise

  Paula Wall (2010). “The Rock Orchard: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• My mother says to me, when I'm making a new movie, she says, "Oh, is Steve Buscemi in it?" I'd say, "Yeah." And she, "Oh, then it's going to be a good one." I swear to God, she says that every time. And when I say Steve's not in it, she says, "Oh."

  Adam Sandler

  Mother, Swear To God, Yeah

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• I can listen to the same song back-to-back for two to three hours straight. I'm not psycho; I swear. There are some songs I won't listen to any more because they are songs that helped me get to emotional places. Even if I hear it, I'll have to walk out of the room or turn it down. It sounds so strange but those things affect me in a certain way.

  Rami Malek

  Song, Emotional, Two

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I can honestly say and swear on my patch that I have never in my life hurt anybody that I really didn't feel had it coming, because they was either trying to hurt me or my friends. If everybody was like that it [life] would be real different.

  Sonny Barger

  Hurt, Real, Trying

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• I swear it's so easy. You don't have to have a diet mentality at all if you eat healthily, plant-based food.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Easy, Plant, Diets

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• Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I swear he said, Tire go flat? I couldn't resist. Said, Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign.

  Bill Engvall

  Lasts, Sides, Gas Stations

  FaceBook post by Bill Engvall from Mar 12, 2013

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• I swear to you, I am the cheapest drunk on the planet. It takes nothing to get me loopy and doing stupid stuff. Yeah. Some of you like that? Well... like riding an electric floor buffer for a shot of tequila. Did it!

  Bill Engvall

  Stupid, Drunk, Riding

  "Bill Engvall: Here's Your Sign Live". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Women are always self-effacing and self-denying. There's a term that enrages me, and I always used to swear that I'd never play characters described that way. The term is "long-suffering."

  Helen Mirren

  Character, Play, Self

  "New Again: Helen Mirren". Interview with James Saynor, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 18, 2015.

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• I don't want to beg or promise you things I can't give you. There isn't much of me to give, but what I have is yours. This is all up to you, Sadie. If you want me, I'm yours. If you can't do this, then I'll walk away and leave you alone. I swear.

  Abbi Glines

  Giving, Promise, Up To You

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Breathe”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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• Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby. "Can it do any tricks yet?" "I'm still working on it. Want to hold her?" "God, no," Fletcher said laughing. "I'd drop it." "It's not an it, it's my baby sister. Go on, hold her. You won't make a mess of it, i swear. Only an idiot could drop a baby." "You always say I am an idiot." "But you're a special kind of idiot. Here." She passed Alice into his arms, and he stood there, rigid, a look of intense concentration on his face.

  Derek Landy

  Baby, Laughing, Special

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• Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Christian, Religious, War

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.269, Penguin

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• And I swear, if there is a way for us to be together, I will find it. No matter how long it takes. If I have to chase your soul to the ends of eternity, I won't stop until I find you, I promise.

  Julie Kagawa

  Long, Soul, Promise

  Julie Kagawa (2011). “The Iron Queen”, p.324, Harlequin

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• I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

  George W. Bush

  Oath Of Office, President, Constitution Of The United States

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• I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.

  George W. Bush

  Nests, Feathers, My Friends

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• One of the products I swear by is Sante Barley.

  Piolo Pascual

  Barley, Products

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