"Unrespectable" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the seaside they are the height of fashion. And as it is with dress so it is with speech. The "respectable" classes are apt to rob language of its savor, clipping and trimming it like the trees in a Dutch garden. You must go to the common, unrespectable classes for racy vigor of tongue. They avoid circumlocutions, eschew diffuseness, go straight to the point, and prefer concrete to abstract expressions. They don't speak of a foolish man, they call him a fool; a cowardly talebearer they call a sneak; and ...
— Flowers of Freethought - (First Series) • George W. Foote
... to death in that car," she murmured. "Good-by, Oliver, and my best if wholly unrespectable good wishes." ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet
... boys shouted, and the third man tried to help his unrespectable friends, now on their backs involved in a desperate struggle with our own tramp, who was on top of them, accompanied by Dicky. It all happened in a minute, and it was all mixed up. The dogs were growling and barking—Martha had one ...
— The Wouldbegoods • E. Nesbit |
