Scolded Quotes

Nothing like being scolded by a hippie.

Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been coddled a good deal (also scolded). I was awkward, precocious, timid, full of my private rituals and aversions.

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

The nights seem to me too long… I am often scolded by Madame Pasteur, but I tell her I shall lead her to fame.

You have food?” Winter scolded. “I thought you said you were hungry.” I’m hungry for other things besides what I have,” [Clover] argued.

We as humans are so imperfect. We are always looking for something more and always going astray from Jesus. Whether you believe in him or not, but he is always there with open arms. God never abandons you. He is always waiting for you to come back and when you do, you won’t be scolded – you will be embraced.

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.

The other day, I was taking part in an audience Q&A when I was roundly scolded by a woman for ‘allowing the BBC to ruin the English language.’ Naturally I felt terrible, as I had no idea either that it was happening or that I was responsible.

David – the man after God’s own heart – was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath – alone… with God – and he but a stripling, and well scolded, too, by his brother for having come to see the battle.

The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.

Really, I scolded myself, you should have known that you’d end up in a stone dungeon with no facilities. That’s how these things always end up, isn’t it?

Sensuality does not understand why everyone else is so disturbed by her. As a young girl, she was often scolded for going barefoot.

I didn’t see [Luigi St. Omer] as a teacher. I saw him as a comrade I respected and I could go to see anytime something was bothering me. He was indeed my “big brother”. He praised me when I did something exceptional and scolded me when I did things which were out of the way.

People don’t listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

I grew up being taught, ‘Do unto others as they would do unto you.’ I would get scolded for not being polite.

His mind scolded him for his stupidity and urged him to forget her but his heart had no justifications for its stand. It remained unmoved, its solidarity unaffected, its arrogance still holding.

I remember one day, Ekta Kapoor came to the set and scolded me that you don’t know how to act, why did we cast you’? She asked me to stay on the set till I learnt the technique of correct dialogue delivery. At that time I felt very humiliated.

Most mothers kiss and scold together.

The thing I like most about dogs is their absolute belief in their own innocence, even when they’ve been caught redhanded. No matter what they’ve been doing, every bad dog bears the same look when scolded: “What?”

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

Most men are not scolded out of their opinion.