“Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.”
James Howell (1594–1666) Anglo-Welsh historian and writer
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
A collection of quotes on the topic of bitch, son, going, call.
“Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.”
James Howell (1594–1666) Anglo-Welsh historian and writer
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
“You need to leave my property, bitch!”
Hope Solo (1981) American association football player
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). <br class="br">2010s
“I constantly look like a miserable bitch.”
Victoria Beckham (1974) English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer
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.”
Roger Kahn (1927–2020) American baseball writer
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 2, Ceremonies of Innocence, p. 84
“Bette Davis was right—bitches are fun to play.”
Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015) Irish-American film actress and singer
Source: Tis Herself (2004), p.241
“Once a bitch always a bitch, what I say.”
William Faulkner book The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury (1929)
“Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?”
Daniel Daly (1873–1937) United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Battle cry at the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I, June 1918 <br class="br">Who's Who in Marine Corps History: "Daniel Daly" <br class="br">Compare Frederick the Great: Rogues, would you live forever? http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/wo/would.html <br class="br">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.”
White Dawg American rapper
"This is How We Ride" on Thug Ride (1999)
LeBron James (1984) American basketball player
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, <br class="br">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.”
Ernest Becker book The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death (1973)
Elliot Rodger (1991–2014) American spree killer
My Twisted World (2014), 19-22, UC Santa Barbara, Building to Violence
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
I'm Me
Official Mix tapes, The Leak (2007)
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
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.’ <br><br> 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.”
Bette Davis (1908–1989) film and television actress from the United States
William Martin, The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left is Right, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2004, ISBN 1402203098, p. 204
Attributed
Marjorie M. Liu (1979) American writer
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?”
Matt Damon (1970) American actor, screenwriter, and producer
On why he took the role in Saving Private Ryan, in ViewAskew.com WWW Boards (17 March 1998)
Jussie Smollett (1982) American actor, singer, director and photographer
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.”
David Brin book The Postman
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 3, “Cincinnatus”, Chapter 14 (p. 270)
Jenna Talackova (1988) Canadian model
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).
Olaf Stapledon book Sirius
Sirius (1944)
“The only kind of socialist to be is a Stalinist, and the only kind of woman to be is a Bitch.”
Julie Burchill (1959) British writer
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.
William Frederick Halsey, Jr. (1882–1959) United States admiral
Speech at the Naval Academy, as quoted in James C. Bradford, Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders (1997), p. 350.
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
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/
Jo Freeman (1945) writer, lawyer
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))
Aberjhani (1957) author
(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!”
Jim Ross (1952) American professional wrestling commentator, professional wrestling referee, and restaurateur
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 <br class="br">Commentary Nicknames
“The way those sons-of-bitches took advantage of me. Warhol is a sadistic faggot.”
Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971) Socialite, actress, model
Referring to the Warhol crowd in New York
Edie : American Girl (1982)
Harry Turtledove (1949) American novelist, short story author, essayist, historian
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.”
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
Oh Let’s Do It
Official Mix tapes, No Ceilings (2009)
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
King Kong
Official Mix tapes, Da Drought 3 (2007)
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
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)
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
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.”
James Carville (1944) political writer, consultant and United States Marine
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.”
Richard J. Daley (1902–1976) American politician
[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.
Garth Nix (1963) Australian fantasy writer
Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (2001), p. 115.
Maddox (1978) American internet writer
Why change your car's oil when your girlfriend can do it? http://maddox.xmission.com/oil.html <br class="br">The Best Page in the Universe
“The Philippines is a nation of 40 million cowards and one son of a bitch.”
Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989) former President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
by unnamed ranking cabinet member of the Reagan administration, 1982. (attributed to Secretary of State George Shultz)
About
Jim Jones (1931–1978) founder and the leader of the Peoples Temple
" http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q265.html" FBI No. Q265 (17 October 1978)
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
Kill the Messenger (2008)
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
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/
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
To H. G. Wells (11 September 1906)
1920s, The Letters of William James (1920)
Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, RACISM AND CIVIL RIGHTS
Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian
[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]
Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/448240882710757376 (24 March 2014) <br class="br">Twitter
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Letter to F Scott Fitzgerald, as quoted in Scott Fitzgerald (1962) by Andrew Turnbull (1962) Ch. 14
Dylan Moran (1971) Irish actor and comedian
"Urban Dysentery" for boys and girls!
On consumerism.
What It Is (2009)
Shulamith Firestone book The Dialectic of Sex
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)
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788543/duterte-endorses-killing-corrupt-journalists
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986), Chapter 3 (pp. 43-44)
Frenzo Harami British rapper
"Raamiya (Putta Kam)"
Chaabian Boyz: Volume 2 (2020)
Herman Kruyder (1881–1935) Dutch painter
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
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788543/duterte-endorses-killing-corrupt-journalists(June 1, 2016)<br><br> 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.”
Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film
[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.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
'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."”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
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)
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer
Odysseus, Book X, line 892
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
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.”
Ian Tregillis (1973) American writer
Source: The Rising (2015), Chapter 22
“Why do we allow the people who just want to bitch to always win?”
Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian
New Rule: ‘The Woke Olympics’, (2021)
“I'm so tired of pretending my life isn't perfect and bitching and just winning every second.”
Charlie Sheen (1965) American film and television actor
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.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
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 (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Madonna, People, 1992-07-27 http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20113175,00.html,
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
"Hellbound" (featured on Yosumi Records' compilation album Game Over, 2000)
2000s
Meredith Tax (1942) American writer
Source: "Culture is not Neutral, Whom Does it Serve?" (1972), p. 15