“profanity and obscenity entitle people who don't want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you.” Kurt Vonnegut
"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else." -Solomon Schechter
"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it." -George Washington
"Profaneness is a brutal vice. [The person] who indulges in it is no [gentleperson]." -Edwin Hubbel Chapin
"Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse." -Hosea Ballou
"A single profane expression betrays a [person's] low breeding." -Joseph Cook
"The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him." -John Ruskin
"I believe that swearing decreases your reach and offers little benefit in return. Swearing is guaranteed to reduce the size of your potential audience." -Scott Hanselman
"Of all the dark catalogue of sins there is not one more vile and execrable than profaneness..." -Samuel H. Cox
"From a common custom of swearing [people] easily slide into perjury; therefore, if thou wouldst not be perjured, do not use thyself to swear." -Hierocles
"Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent." - Dionysius of Halicarnassus
"Profanity is the crutch of a conversational cripple." ~ Jay Alexander
"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little." - Tom Stoppard
"To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise." -Alexander Pope
"you take no chances of offending by not swearing, but you guarantee to offend someone if you do." Scott Hanselman
"Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life... is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret." -Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Be careful of your words, for they become your thoughts. Be careful of your thoughts, for they become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for they become your character. Be careful of your character, for it becomes your destiny." - Anonymous
"I find most people who swear a lot have little else to say, and generally aren't worth listening to. If you can't make your point without swearing then you're a poor communicator." -Cameron MacFarland
"A vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not, so [people] are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or not." - Demosthene
"Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be thy deeds; and such as thy deeds will be thy life." - Socrates
"Rudeness is the weak [person's] imitation of strength." - Eric Hoffer
"Profanity is the last refuge of the truly ignorant." - Anonymous
"By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his [or her] stomach." - Winston Churchill
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." - Ambrose Bierce
"If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it." - Earl Wilson
"I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church." Nicholas Sparks
"If you can’t be interesting without profanity, then let’s face it: You’re not that interesting." -Michael Hyatt
"We dress our bodies with good care and taste. We decorate and adorn them. Are not our thoughts of much more value?" -George Sumner Weaver
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