
“Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.”
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
A collection of quotes on the topic of bitch, son, going, call.
“Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.”
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
“You need to leave my property, bitch!”
To Teresa Obert (28 December 2013), as quoted in Kirkland Police Report http://espn.go.com/pdf/2015/0529/espn_otl_kirland_policereport_Redacted.pdf (2014).
2010s
“I constantly look like a miserable bitch.”
As quoted in BECKSWATCH: The countdown begins http://www.theherald.com.au/story/461792/beckswatch-the-countdown-begins/ (October 22, 2010) by Amy Edwards, The Newcastle Herald
“The gracious mistress turned bitch in summer heat.”
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 2, Ceremonies of Innocence, p. 84
“Bette Davis was right—bitches are fun to play.”
Source: Tis Herself (2004), p.241
“Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?”
Battle cry at the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I, June 1918
Who's Who in Marine Corps History: "Daniel Daly"
Compare Frederick the Great: Rogues, would you live forever? http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/wo/would.html
Source: "Sergeant Major Daniel "Dan" Joseph Daly, USMC (Deceased)", Who's Who in Marine Corps History, United States Marine Corps, 2015-09-18 https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/D-F/Daly_DJ.aspx,
“Just like a toilet seat, nigga, I piss on my bitches.”
"This is How We Ride" on Thug Ride (1999)
“Get it in ya! Chocolate milk, bitch!”
Idiot Club video.
LeBron James sees 'karma' in Cavs rout, Steve Ginsburg, ESPN, January 12, 2011 http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=6014004,
James on Twitter after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost 112–57 to the Los Angeles Lakers.
“Mother nature is a brutal, red in tooth and claw, who destroys what she creates.”
The Denial of Death (1973)
My Twisted World (2014), 19-22, UC Santa Barbara, Building to Violence
I'm Me
Official Mix tapes, The Leak (2007)
Kaya pagdating ko sabi ko, ‘Hoy, kayong mga tambay diyan, 'pag dumaan 'yang obispo ninyo holdapan 'yan maraming pera 'yan putang ina niya. Patayin mo.’
Duterte to tambays: Steal from, kill 'rich' bishops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Z8kVCJ-Z8&t=58 (January 10, 2019)
“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
William Martin, The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left is Right, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2004, ISBN 1402203098, p. 204
Attributed
On how female rage is portrayed in Monstress in “Marjorie Liu on the Road to Making Monstress” https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/marjorie-liu-monstress-interview/539394/ in The Atlantic (2017 Sep 14)
“It was offered to me. When Spielberg says jump, bitches say how high?”
On why he took the role in Saving Private Ryan, in ViewAskew.com WWW Boards (17 March 1998)
11 January 2018 https://twitter.com/JussieSmollett/status/951681671027404800, also regarding Donald Trump
“Freedom was wonderful beyond relief. But with it came that bitch, Duty.”
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 3, “Cincinnatus”, Chapter 14 (p. 270)
Unveiling her PETA ad on Davie Street; as quoted in "Jenna Talackova unveils racy PETA ad and promotes vegan diet" https://www.vancouverobserver.com/city/jenna-talackova-unveils-racy-peta-ad-and-promotes-vegan-diet, The Vancouver Observer (24 January 2014).
Sirius (1944)
“The only kind of socialist to be is a Stalinist, and the only kind of woman to be is a Bitch.”
Attributed to Burchill in: David Mamet (2008) " From left to right: on the mid-life political conversions. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/from-left-to-right-on-the-midlife-political-conversions-796267.html" The Independent. 15 March 2008.
Speech at the Naval Academy, as quoted in James C. Bradford, Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders (1997), p. 350.
John Boehner, when asked his opinions on Ted Cruz during an appearance at Stanford University. http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/04/28/john-boehner-talks-election-time-in-office/
The BITCH Manifesto (Fall, 1968, © 1969) http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/bitch.htm, as accessed Aug. 22, 2010 (also published as Joreen, The Bitch Manifesto, in Notes From the Second Year (N.Y.: Shulamith Firestone & Anne Koedt, 1970))
(Angels and Shakespeare, p. 114).
Book Sources, I Made My Boy Out of Poetry (1998)
“He has earned his reputation as the toughest son of a bitch in the WWE!”
during the entrance of Stone Cold Steve Austin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin in Wrestlemania XIX, before his match with The Rock
Commentary Nicknames
“The way those sons-of-bitches took advantage of me. Warhol is a sadistic faggot.”
Referring to the Warhol crowd in New York
Edie : American Girl (1982)
Source: The Man With the Iron Heart (2008), p. 412
“Hammer in the Louie Duff, take a nigga bitch, she gave me brain till I knew enough.”
Oh Let’s Do It
Official Mix tapes, No Ceilings (2009)
King Kong
Official Mix tapes, Da Drought 3 (2007)
It's Good, written with Aubrey Graham, Jason Phillips, Andre Lyon, Marcello Valenzano, B. Pickens, Alan Parsons, and Eric Woolfson
2010s, Tha Carter IV (2011)
Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992), The Rape Debate, Continued, p. 61
“When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.”
In All's fair: love, war, and running for president (2007), with Mary Matalin and Peter Knobler
“Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-fucker, go home.”
[David Farber, Chicago '68, University of Chicago Press, 1994, ISBN 0226238016, pg 145(b)</small>, pg 249<small>(a)]
Said to Senator Abe Ribicoff of Connecticut when the Senator challenged Daley's use of force during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (2001), p. 115.
Why change your car's oil when your girlfriend can do it? http://maddox.xmission.com/oil.html
The Best Page in the Universe
“The Philippines is a nation of 40 million cowards and one son of a bitch.”
by unnamed ranking cabinet member of the Reagan administration, 1982. (attributed to Secretary of State George Shultz)
About
" http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q265.html" FBI No. Q265 (17 October 1978)
Kill the Messenger (2008)
Statement (8 August 1945), as quoted in General Patton : A Soldier's Life (2002) by Stanley P. Hirshson, p. 650
Source: [Charles M. Province, The unknown Patton, https://books.google.com/books?id=yXshAAAAMAAJ&q=The+difficulty+in+understanding+the+Russian+is+that+we+do+not+take+cognizance+of+the+fact+that+he+is+not+a+European,+but+an+Asiatic,+and+therefore+thinks+deviously.+We+can+no+more+understand+a+Russian+than+a+Chinese+or+a+Japanese,+and+from+what+I+have+seen+of+them,+I+have+no+particular+desire+to+understand+them+except+to+ascertain+how+much+lead+or+iron+it+takes+to+kill+them.+In+addition+to+his+other+amiable+characteristics,+the+Russian+has+no+regard+for+human+life+and+they+are+all+out+sons-of-bitches,+barbarians,+and+chronic+drunks.&dq=The+difficulty+in+understanding+the+Russian+is+that+we+do+not+take+cognizance+of+the+fact+that+he+is+not+a+European,+but+an+Asiatic,+and+therefore+thinks+deviously.+We+can+no+more+understand+a+Russian+than+a+Chinese+or+a+Japanese,+and+from+what+I+have+seen+of+them,+I+have+no+particular+desire+to+understand+them+except+to+ascertain+how+much+lead+or+iron+it+takes+to+kill+them.+In+addition+to+his+other+amiable+characteristics,+the+Russian+has+no+regard+for+human+life+and+they+are+all+out+sons-of-bitches,+barbarians,+and+chronic+drunks.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAmoVChMItdm-0viRyQIVyeQmCh2khgS9, 1983, Hippocrene Books, 978-0-88254-641-4, 99]
Source: [English Teacher X, Vodkaberg: Nine Years in Russia, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZR2TBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=The+difficulty+in+understanding+the+Russian+is+that+we+do+not+take+cognizance+of+the+fact+that+he+is+not+a+European,+but+an+Asiatic,+and+therefore+thinks+deviously.+We+can+no+more+understand+a+Russian+than+a+Chinese+or+a+Japanese,+and+from+what+I+have+seen+of+them,+I+have+no+particular+desire+to+understand+them+except+to+ascertain+how+much+lead+or+iron+it+takes+to+kill+them.+In+addition+to+his+other+amiable+characteristics,+the+Russian+has+no+regard+for+human+life+and+they+are+all+out+sons-of-bitches,+barbarians,+and+chronic+drunks.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMItdm-0viRyQIVyeQmCh2khgS9#v=onepage&q=The%20difficulty%20in%20understanding%20the%20Russian%20is%20that%20we%20do%20not%20take%20cognizance%20of%20the%20fact%20that%20he%20is%20not%20a%20European%2C%20but%20an%20Asiatic%2C%20and%20therefore%20thinks%20deviously.%20We%20can%20no%20more%20understand%20a%20Russian%20than%20a%20Chinese%20or%20a%20Japanese%2C%20and%20from%20what%20I%20have%20seen%20of%20them%2C%20I%20have%20no%20particular%20desire%20to%20understand%20them%20except%20to%20ascertain%20how%20much%20lead%20or%20iron%20it%20takes%20to%20kill%20them.%20In%20addition%20to%20his%20other%20amiable%20characteristics%2C%20the%20Russian%20has%20no%20regard%20for%20human%20life%20and%20they%20are%20all%20out%20sons-of-bitches%2C%20barbarians%2C%20and%20chronic%20drunks.&f=false, English Teacher X, 2–, GGKEY:2DPNH0X04GB]
Source: [Evi Martyn, Captain Philip Markopoulos a Patton's Hero: An Incredible True Story When Fate and Destiny Outpower Weapons, https://books.google.com/books?id=IdkUq5EixE8C&pg=PA176&dq=The+difficulty+in+understanding+the+Russian+is+that+we+do+not+take+cognizance+of+the+fact+that+he+is+not+a+European,+but+an+Asiatic,+and+therefore+thinks+deviously.+We+can+no+more+understand+a+Russian+than+a+Chinese+or+a+Japanese,+and+from+what+I+have+seen+of+them,+I+have+no+particular+desire+to+understand+them+except+to+ascertain+how+much+lead+or+iron+it+takes+to+kill+them.+In+addition+to+his+other+amiable+characteristics,+the+Russian+has+no+regard+for+human+life+and+they+are+all+out+sons-of-bitches,+barbarians,+and+chronic+drunks.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAWoVChMItdm-0viRyQIVyeQmCh2khgS9#v=onepage&q=The%20difficulty%20in%20understanding%20the%20Russian%20is%20that%20we%20do%20not%20take%20cognizance%20of%20the%20fact%20that%20he%20is%20not%20a%20European%2C%20but%20an%20Asiatic%2C%20and%20therefore%20thinks%20deviously.%20We%20can%20no%20more%20understand%20a%20Russian%20than%20a%20Chinese%20or%20a%20Japanese%2C%20and%20from%20what%20I%20have%20seen%20of%20them%2C%20I%20have%20no%20particular%20desire%20to%20understand%20them%20except%20to%20ascertain%20how%20much%20lead%20or%20iron%20it%20takes%20to%20kill%20them.%20In%20addition%20to%20his%20other%20amiable%20characteristics%2C%20the%20Russian%20has%20no%20regard%20for%20human%20life%20and%20they%20are%20all%20out%20sons-of-bitches%2C%20barbarians%2C%20and%20chronic%20drunks.&f=false, 2009, AuthorHouse, 978-1-4389-8409-4, 176–]
Source: http://www.military-history.us/2014/03/now-would-be-a-good-time-for-a-bit-of-revisionism/
To H. G. Wells (11 September 1906)
1920s, The Letters of William James (1920)
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, RACISM AND CIVIL RIGHTS
[Foreword, Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine, Lisa Miya-Jervis, Andi Zeisler, New York, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 9780374113438, 7422990M, xv, http://books.google.com/books?id=tmgYKGjl9BcC&pg=PR15]
https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/448240882710757376 (24 March 2014)
Twitter
Letter to F Scott Fitzgerald, as quoted in Scott Fitzgerald (1962) by Andrew Turnbull (1962) Ch. 14
"Urban Dysentery" for boys and girls!
On consumerism.
What It Is (2009)
Similar terminology is used about males as a defamation of character, or more broadly only about pressed males males: stud, wold, cat, stag, jack - and then it is used much more rarely, and often with a specifically sexual connotation.
Chapter Four
The Dialectic of Sex (1970)
Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788543/duterte-endorses-killing-corrupt-journalists
"Raamiya (Putta Kam)"
Chaabian Boyz: Volume 2 (2020)
translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018
(version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Herman Kruyder:) ..[Ik] ga nu werken aan het schilderij 'De loopsche teef' heb daar al lang voorstudies van. Het kan eigenlijk beter 'Het gevecht daarom' heten, daar in de compositie in de achtergrond drie grote honden een grimmig gevecht leveren.
Kruyder in a letter to art-critic Albert Plasschaert, May 1934, in the RKD Archive, The Hague
dated quotes
Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788543/duterte-endorses-killing-corrupt-journalists(June 1, 2016)
Duterte says killing of corrupt Philippines journalists justified https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/31/asia/philippines-duterte-journalists/index.html(June 1, 2016)
“The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever.”
[31 December 2004, http://whedonesque.com/comments/5677, "David Greenwalt's 'Profit' coming to DVD in 2005", Whedonesque.com, 2008-08-29]
“You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.'
'Yes.”
'It's sort of what we have instead of God.'
Lady Brett Ashley to Jake Barnes, in Book 3, Ch. 19
The Sun Also Rises (1926)
“All through your Army careers, you men have bitched about what you call "chicken shit drilling."”
That, like everything else in this Army, has a definite purpose. That purpose is alertness. Alertness must be bred into every soldier. I don't give a fuck for a man who's not always on his toes. You men are veterans or you wouldn't be here. You are ready for what's to come.
Speech to the Third Army (1944)
Odysseus, Book X, line 892
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
Referring to Arturo Ui (representing Adolf Hitler), in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1941)
“To lose the satchel now would prove that God, if He existed, was a truly sadistic son of a bitch.”
Source: The Rising (2015), Chapter 22
“Why do we allow the people who just want to bitch to always win?”
New Rule: ‘The Woke Olympics’, (2021)
“I'm so tired of pretending my life isn't perfect and bitching and just winning every second.”
On The Alex Jones Show February 24 2011
“Gonna get me an army, some tough sons o' bitches
I recruit my army from the orphanages.”
Song lyrics, Modern Times (2006), Thunder on the Mountain
“I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
Madonna, People, 1992-07-27 http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20113175,00.html,
"Hellbound" (featured on Yosumi Records' compilation album Game Over, 2000)
2000s
Source: "Culture is not Neutral, Whom Does it Serve?" (1972), p. 15