Badges – Quotes

Doobie always wanted to

Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight. Eoin Colfer

Jeremy used to hate it when she was younger because someone in her class told her redheads were freaks of nature.But our mother told her that redheads were genetically more courageous than other people and that she should always where her hair long,like a wariors badge of honor. Ellen Potter

They flank me –

They flank me – depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don’t need to show their badges. I know these guys very well. … Then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity; but he always does that. Elizabeth Gilbert

Depression on my left,

Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don’t need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well. Elizabeth Gilbert

Whether our feet are

Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real … Read more

Apparently they\’re going to

Apparently they’re going to bring in ‘Super Asbos’. But ‘Asbos’ already sound too cool. Teenagers see them as a badge of honour. They should call them ‘Gaybos’ or ‘Bender Badges’. Frankie Boyle

Appalling numbers of youth

Appalling numbers of youth have been led into a cynical ultra-sophisticated attitude which regards drinking as a badge of social aptitude, which makes a fetish of sport and professes eroticism as a way of life. A perverted and insane pictorial art, lewd exhibitionistic dancing and jungle music form the spiritual norm of this sector of … Read more

When I did Comic

When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it’s a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show. Drew Carey

There’s always got to

There’s always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty. Denzel Washington