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Quotes About Uppity

You need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. All your beaux have respected you too much, though God knows why, or they have been too afraid of you to really do right by you. The result is that you are unendurably uppity. You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.
~ Margaret Mitchell
Remember, Peter: you are some hybrid of friend and hired help. You have latitude, but you can't get uppity.
~ Michael Cunningham
Monsters are getting more uppity, too (...) I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck its arm up over the door (...) and you know what? Its mum come and complained. Its actual mum come right down to the hall next day and complained. Actually complained. That's the respect you get.
~ Terry Pratchett
what you doing here she asked i'm a poet i said that ain't no reason to be uppity
~ Nikki Giovanni
He's Black Council, I said. Or maybe stupid, Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. Not sure which is scarier. Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.
~ Jim Butcher
He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. "Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.
~ Jim Butcher
Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.
~ Jim Butcher
You want my honest opinion?" she says. I've already heard too many, but she goes ahead: "LaVaughn, I like you for being uppity. That's partly why we're here. Right?" "Huh?" I ask her. "Here in this room we're obligated to be uppity. That's our purpose here. We're supposed to change. Those friends of yours can't appreciate you. They don't know how.
~ Virginia Euwer Wolff
Lilith. Named you meself. Did you know Adam had a first wife before Eve? Called her Lilith, but the bitch was too headstrong so got rid of her, he did. Headstrong, another word for uppity.
~ Marlon James