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Nasty Quotes - Page 5

Only when you're nervous do you get nasty.

Deborah Grey (2004). “Never retreat, never explain, never apologize: my life, my politics”

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

Ayelet Waldman (2009). “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace”, p.69, Anchor

I like to get on with people. I don't go around being nasty, but if someone crosses me, I can be horrible back.

"Twiggy at 60: 'It's amazing I didn't go stark raving bonkers'". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2009.

The plants filled the place, a forest of them, with nasty meaty leaves and stalks like the newly washed fingers of dead men.

Raymond Chandler (2011). “The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely”, p.13, Modern Library

When you get to know someone, you find there's something nasty in their woodshed.

"Kicking off the bovver boots" by Sally Vincent, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2004.

It was a nasty look. It made me feel as if I were something the dog had brought in and intended to bury later on, when he had time.

P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.43, Courier Corporation