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Quotes About Vile

We cannot turn away because a topic is unpleasant or vile. Why? Because one way to rid our society of evil is to confront it boldly.
~ Kimberly Guilfoyle
Though every prospect pleases,And only man is vile.
~ Reginald Heber
Instead of saying "Amanda took one look at the hotel room and recoiled in disgust," describe the room in such a way that the readers feel that disgust for themselves. You don't want to give your readers information. You want to give them experiences.
~ Renni Browne
There was nothing particularly glorious or heroic about war, Soren realized. It was really nothing more than a grubby, vile task to vanquish a foul tyranny led by his own brother.
~ Kathryn Lasky
We know that madness belongs to love,--what power to paint a vile object in hues of heaven.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yet I think the demon's target is not the possessed; it is us . . . the observers . . . every person in this house. And I think---I think the point is to make us despair; to reject our own humanity, Damien: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial; as ultimately vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy.
~ William Peter Blatty
The demon's target is not the possessed; it is us the observers..everyone in this house. I think the point is to make us despair..to reject our humanity: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial, vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy.
~ William Peter Blatty
And I think—I think the point is to make us despair; to reject our own humanity, Damien: to see ourselves as ultimately bestial, vile and putrescent; without dignity; ugly; unworthy. And there lies the heart of it, perhaps: in unworthiness. For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love: of accepting the possibility that God could ever love us.
~ William Peter Blatty
Humans disgust me. Vile creatures.
~ William Regal
Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile;Filths savor but themselves.
~ William Shakespeare
No longer mourn for me when I am deadThan you shall hear the surly sullen bellGive warning to the world that I am fledFrom this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell.
~ William Shakespeare
Self-loving is not so vile a sin, my liege, as self-neglecting.
~ William Shakespeare
A vile race of quislings—to use the new word which will carry the scorn of mankind down the centuries.
~ Winston Churchill
Stripped of their property, crushed and mutilated, they still embody the nobility of Israel and the eternity of God, while their enemy—who is your enemy as well—embodies all that is most vile in man. I shall act not as their detractor, but as their melitz yosher, their intercessor.
~ Elie Wiesel
At worst, they were vile creatures who needed to be wiped from the face of the earth. At best, such behavior shows a dangerous lack of self-control. The first business of a warrior is self-restraint
~ Alice Borchardt
There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch.
~ Kurt Vile
'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it.
~ Kurt Vile
Listen, son. Most women are damn fools and children. But they've got more range then we've got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better — and the vile ones are viler, for that matter.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
I do not know from where the impression came, but it appeared to me that I had never in my life seen a more vile back than this one, and I did not regret that I had abused the creature before he left me.
~ Knut Hamsun
I'll betide thee, say I, and may the Gods, or at least the Athenians, confound thee for a vile citizen and a vile third-rate actor! Read the evidence.
~ Demosthenes
Skulduggery Pleasant walked off the battlefield, and Lord Vile walked into my Temple. - High Priest Tenebrae
~ Derek Landy
The welfare system in the United States is vile.
~ Daniel Keys Moran
Fear is a vile thing, and is at the bottom of almost every wrong and hatred of the world.
~ L.M. Montgomery
Mr. Carpenter says fear is a vile thing, and is at the bottom of almost every wrong and hatred of the world. "'Cast it out, Jade,' he says—'cast it out of your heart. Fear is a confession of weakness. What you fear is stronger than you, or you think it is, else you wouldn't be afraid of it. Remember your Emerson—"always do what you are afraid to do.
~ L.M. Montgomery