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Irreverence Quotes

We need to restore the spirit of irreverence in music.

Pierre Boulez, Martin Cooper (1990). “Orientations: Collected Writings”, p.482, Harvard University Press

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.405, Courier Corporation

New York, thy name is irreverence and hyperbole. And grandeur.

Ada Louise Huxtable (1976). “Kicked a building lately?”, Crown

A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.1479, Delphi Classics

Irreverence is easy - whats hard is wit.

"Rhino Records" Online Chat, June 17, 1997.

Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.

"Charlie Hebdo shooting: police release names and photos of two brothers wanted for the attack - as it happened" by Ben Doherty, Helen Davidson, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2015.

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.190, ReadHowYouWant.com

Irreverence is our only sacred cow.

Paul Krassner (2011). “One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Journalist”, p.22, Seven Stories Press

Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.

Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.217, Wave Books

I feel like my music stands for the ultimate statement of irreverence.

"KE$HA and the Not-Quite-72 Virgins in Her Own Personal Heaven". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. August 13, 2009.

Long as I have lived, and many blasphemers as I have heard and seen, I have never yet heard or witnessed any direct and consciousblasphemy or irreverence; but of indirect and habitual, enough. Where is the man who is guilty of direct and personal insolence to Him that made him?

Henry David Thoreau (2017). “Journeys, Adventures & Life in Harmony with Nature – 6 Book Collection (Illustrated): Including Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, A Yankee in Canada & Canoeing in the Wilderness - North American Highlands Series”, p.49, e-artnow