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Quotes About Scold

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.
~ Deanna Raybourn
Would Grandmother scold him? Would she say, "Frank! Thank the gods, you've come. I'm surrounded by monsters." More likely she'd scold him, or mistake them for intruders and chase them off with a frying pan.
~ Rick Riordan
If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.
~ Deanna Raybourn
I'm tired, Pari. You can scold me another time. The whipping post isn't going anywhere.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Over the fence— Strawberries— grow— Over the fence— I could climb— if I tried, I know— Berries are nice! But— if I stained my Apron— God would certainly scold! Oh, dear, — I guess if He were a Boy— He'd— climb— if He could!
~ Emily Dickinson
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
~ Charley Pride
I wasn't always a Twitter devotee. During the 2012 campaign, the first during which Twitter was widely used by journalists and campaign aides, I became something of a scold to younger reporters who I thought misused the medium.
~ Maggie Haberman
It's dreadful, but I can't scold him. He's so absent-minded and goodnatured, he lets those boys ride over him roughshod.
~ Louisa May Alcott
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.
~ Samuel Johnson
I am a fool, Trichy, I do confess it; and am not a bit clever; but don't scold me; you see how humble I am; not only humble but umble, which I look upon to be the comparative, or, indeed, superlative degree. Or perhaps there are four degrees; humble, umble, stumble, tumble; and then, when one is absolutely in the dirt at their feet, perhaps these big people won't wish one to stoop any further.
~ Anthony Trollope
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam's fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
~ John Ortberg Jr.
You can use your tongue to slander, to gripe, to scold, to nag, and to quarrel; or you can bring it under the control of God's Spirit and make it an instrument of blessing and praise.
~ Billy Graham
Both my daughters scold me. I am the youngest in my family.
~ Jisshu Sengupta
She dared not ask Arsène to go more slowly for she had all the docility of the peasant woman, that docility which allows them to scold and insult the drunkard but nevertheless makes them trot at his side, adjusting their step to his.
~ Georges Bernanos
what we need is not more emotion, but more thought. It is very hard to think; this is a new power that our race has acquired only a short time ago. We find it easy to weep or to rage, to shout for joy or scold in anger; but to think
~ Upton Sinclair
She was fierce, ready to scold, but when she saw him, really saw him, she faltered. Her expression warred with itself - ferocity with awe - and awe won out. She cast a sidelong glance at Karou and said, in helpless amazement, "Oh, hell. Must. Mate. Immediately.
~ Laini Taylor
I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.
~ Catherine the Great
Its characteristic goal is not to get banks and monopolies under control, as populism typically does, but to set up a nonprofit, attract funding from banks and monopolies, and then Ã¢â'¬Â¦ to scold the world for its sins.
~ Thomas Frank
little children never get frozen by their selfishness. Like the disciples, they come just as they are, totally self-absorbed. They seldom get it right. As parents or friends, we know all that. In fact, we are delighted (most of the time!) to find out what is on their little hearts. We don't scold them for being self-absorbed or fearful. That is just who they are.
~ Unknown