Slur Quotes

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't. - Anita Brookner

Would you join me in repudiating that kind of racial slur, to apologize? - Alan Keyes

To suggest that New Zealand journalists who join the EPMU for the workplace protections and rights that come with belonging to a union are somehow tainted is a gross slur on their professionalism. - Andrew Little

To have a negative portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad is a slap in the face, and we have an obligation to defend our prophet against slurs on his reputation. They're trying to draw a link between Islam and terrorism and that's what we've been trying all along to stop. - Marya Bangee

This is no slur on our incredible talented and hardworking correspondents. The fact of the matter is [that], when you have an anchor out there in the country, you're going to cover the story more. - Elizabeth Vargas

Then we found the slurry. Nobody cared whether the water was dirty or not. We just wanted to satisfy the fire-like dryness in our throats. - Liu Rongjiang

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts. - Louis Aragon

The idea for the card came after a patient shared with me his story of being pulled over for a minor traffic violation and how difficult the experience was because of his communication impairment. He had a brain injury which left him with slurred speech leading the officer to believe he was intoxicated. - Linda Wells