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You've come on here, you've been rude and abusive, you sound unhinged. You've been using profanity and you were somebody I used to admire. – Piers Morgan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
He was reportedly fired because of a past precedent, but a district spokesmancouldnt say what that was, the station reported. Superintendent Walt Griffin wrote a letter to Brown condemning the speech. I am appalled with and extremely concerned about the abundance of profanity that you used with the students that you are responsible for supervising and leading. – Superintendent Walt Griffin	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Starts screaming and using profanity at the employee, aggressively walking toward her, punching her fist into her hand. – Covington Police	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Both Bee and TBS disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network. – Press Secretary Sarah Sanders	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network. – Press Secretary Sarah Sanders	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Ivanka Trump disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network. – Press Secretary Sarah Sanders	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I don’t think profanity has anything to do with Christianity, i was getting a sense from your presentation that you were a very wholesome type of performer. – Dee Snider	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
They were yelling. I think the only words they know in the dictionary are profanity. – Cheryl McDonald	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When signs are put up, lifted up with tremendous profanity on them, I mean the worst profanity, and you have television cameras all over the place and people see these signs, I think maybe those people have some blame and should suffer some blame, also. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Trump used profanity three times in his speech, and look I'm not an old fuddy duddy, but this should at least be G ... rated, i mean, we're running for president of the United States. Children listen to this stuff. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I thought about it after I said it, i don't know, there is a judge somewhere that's gonna tell me whether or not that's profanity? – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Unless I'm caught with a camera I didn't see, I'm not going to use profanity in public. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is hard for me not to use profanity in describing it, we should be using the leverage of the debt ceiling to actually enforce spending restraint. – The Kentucky senator	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is clear that Ruben had his hands in the air and was trying to comply with the officer, you could hear the officer’s rant and his unprofessional and disrespectful use of profanity. – Domingo Garcia	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was angry and I was outraged, i apologize for the profanity, but I'm not apologizing about how I felt, because that's how I felt in my heart. – Eric Striker	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago

You've come on here, you've been rude and abusive, you sound unhinged. You've been using profanity and you were somebody I used to admire.

– Piers Morgan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

He was reportedly fired because of a past precedent, but a district spokesmancouldnt say what that was, the station reported. Superintendent Walt Griffin wrote a letter to Brown condemning the speech. I am appalled with and extremely concerned about the abundance of profanity that you used with the students that you are responsible for supervising and leading.

– Superintendent Walt Griffin

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Starts screaming and using profanity at the employee, aggressively walking toward her, punching her fist into her hand.

– Covington Police

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Both Bee and TBS disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network.

– Press Secretary Sarah Sanders

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network.

– Press Secretary Sarah Sanders

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Ivanka Trump disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network.

– Press Secretary Sarah Sanders

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I don’t think profanity has anything to do with Christianity, i was getting a sense from your presentation that you were a very wholesome type of performer.

– Dee Snider

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

They were yelling. I think the only words they know in the dictionary are profanity.

– Cheryl McDonald

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When signs are put up, lifted up with tremendous profanity on them, I mean the worst profanity, and you have television cameras all over the place and people see these signs, I think maybe those people have some blame and should suffer some blame, also.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Trump used profanity three times in his speech, and look I'm not an old fuddy duddy, but this should at least be G ... rated, i mean, we're running for president of the United States. Children listen to this stuff.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I thought about it after I said it, i don't know, there is a judge somewhere that's gonna tell me whether or not that's profanity?

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Unless I'm caught with a camera I didn't see, I'm not going to use profanity in public.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is hard for me not to use profanity in describing it, we should be using the leverage of the debt ceiling to actually enforce spending restraint.

– The Kentucky senator

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is clear that Ruben had his hands in the air and was trying to comply with the officer, you could hear the officer’s rant and his unprofessional and disrespectful use of profanity.

– Domingo Garcia

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I was angry and I was outraged, i apologize for the profanity, but I'm not apologizing about how I felt, because that's how I felt in my heart.

– Eric Striker

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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