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Nasty Quotes

Blunt, funny, and occasionally serious.

These nasty quotes cover a surprising range, from a preference for being firm over being unkind to one writer calling poetry a nasty childhood habit they eventually outgrew. More in our Funny quotes.

I like golden-era hip-hop because they were recording on a 2-inch tape. There was dirty, raw sampling. It's nasty. It has a vibe to it.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.

Quotes by Wolfgang Puck

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

Quotes by William Hague

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

Quotes by Tom Holt

Dirty Quotes

They have horses in 'Snow White?' I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in 'Snow White.'

Quotes by Tarsem Singh

Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.

Quotes by Tamara Ecclestone

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Quotes by T. S. Eliot

When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name.

Quotes by Steve Guttenberg

What SF can do better than anything else is show us the range of our possible futures, and what we can do to realize the good ones and avoid the nasty ones.

Quotes by Stanley Schmidt

Family Quotes

A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.

Quotes by Shawn Wayans

My raps be crazy, and my hooks are nasty.

Quotes by Russ

When I was a teenager, I was super-awkward. I don't think I really felt comfortable in my body or with how I looked, and people were nasty.

Quotes by Rumer Willis

Writing is not a genteel profession; it's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.

Quotes by Robert Quine

Funny Quotes

Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.

Quotes by Robert M. Gates

All the things that made us basically nasty, rapacious, competitive as a species are not necessarily hard-coded into whatever passes for the DNA of artificial intelligence.

Quotes by Robert J. Sawyer

The name Rico Nasty came from Instagram.

Quotes by Rico Nasty

I think peas are really nasty. I liked them when I was younger, but I guess when you get older you have different taste buds.

Quotes by Rico Rodriguez

I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.

Quotes by Richard Ford

Know Quotes

Girls who use jokes to be nasty are often hiding other feelings they are struggling to express.

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is 'nasty' always used negatively in these quotes?
Not always — one quote actually contrasts nasty with nice as something the speaker chooses to avoid being, so the word is often used to describe a trait someone consciously rejects.
Do any of these quotes use nasty humorously?
Yes, one describes poetry itself as a nasty childhood habit that was eventually outgrown, using the word playfully rather than as a genuine insult.
Is nasty used in a scientific context anywhere here?
One quote applies it to viruses, noting that certain ones, like influenza, are known and expected threats while others emerge without warning.
Does this topic touch on politics?
One quote briefly distances the speaker from being part of any nasty political clique, but the topic as a whole isn't centered on politics.
What's a good related topic to explore next?
Our Funny quotes share some of the same lighthearted tone found in the more playful nasty quotes in this set.

One line even uses nasty in a clinical sense, describing certain viruses as unpredictable and dangerous. Pair this with our Dirty or Know quotes.