Quotes / The Bully

"There is the kind of cunning sleaze perpetrated by the likes of Donald Sterling, and then there is Incognito, whose sleaze arises from a lack of brain power. He's just a rolling mass of grunts and farts and "FAG!" You can see the little hamster wheel in Incognito's brain slowly spinning when you examine some of the text messages he sent to his bullying victim, Jonathan Martin: "I'm sorry I have puss swinging from my nuts..."''

— Drew Magary on Richie Incognito, "The 25 Biggest Sleazebags in Sports!"

"The truth is almost every bully I've ever encountered in the real world had acquired his fighting skills defending himself against a full grown, two hundred pound, drunken man at home behind closed doors. He's had a lot of practice at fighting, and that puts him at a distinct advantage that most of you don't have. Not only does experience count for a lot, but they're used to taking punches. They're not afraid of the pain."

— Cracked, "5 Bad Ideas For Dealing With Bullies"

"Boyle tells the Timewyrm that he wants to do “really horrible things” to Ace, like filling her mouth with worms. In response, the Timewyrm shows him the true horrors of the world — war, torture, genocide, and the like. To which Chad responds, “those things too. But first I want to find some worms.” And in one shot, Chad Boyle storms to the head of the pack in the “all time great Doctor Who villains” list, as, really, the schoolyard bully was always meant to."

— El Sandifer on Timewyrm: Revelation

"O'Doyle rules!"

— The O'Doyle family from Billy Madison

Sebastiano, do you know why the Alphas have been allowed to get away running amok as they have? It’s because we in the Faculty know that there have always been bullies in schools, and there always will be bullies in schools. They’re unavoidable. It’s a behavioral niche that is filled as soon as it’s vacated. Remove one bully, and another person is compelled by social pressure to fill the void. We tolerated your predecessor, Freya, as her negative qualities as a bully and an instigator of pranks were relatively mild, and they were more than outweighed by her positive qualities as a social motivator. Sebastiano, you lack Freya’s positive social motivating qualities, and you are FAR worse than Freya ever was as a bully and instigator of pranks. And while bullies may be unavoidable, there still comes a time when a bully becomes so toxic, so unacceptable, that they must be dealt with. Your position here at Whateley is far more tenuous that you realize.

— Rev. Darren Englund, showing surprising restraint in explaining to Alpha Male Don Sebastiano why it looked like Adults Are Useless at Whateley Academy much of the time, Whateley Universe, "There's a Angel in Dickenson Cottage", part 1

Gilgamesh: This is getting too slow for my tastes! Gate of Babylon.
Lancer: Hey! Usage of Noble Phantasm is against the rules here!
Gilgamesh: I AM the rules.
(Gate of Babylon is launched)
Rider: (Gasp!)
Saber: Lancer died!
Shirou: You aren't human!
Gilgamesh: MWAHAHAHAHAHA!! RULE BREAKER!!
Caster: Hey, That's My Line!
Gilgamesh: Your things are MY things!
Caster: He's the oldest bully in human history...

—Carnival Phantasm

In our world, you were either a bully, a toady, or one of the nameless rabble of victims.

—A Christmas Story

You know, we forget half of what they teach us in school, but when it comes to the torment and the people who inflicted it, we've all got an elephant's memory.

—Derek Morgan, Criminal Minds

Moe is every jerk I've ever known. He's big, dumb, ugly, and cruel. I remember school being full of idiots like Moe. I think they spawn on damp locker room floors.

—Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, regarding Moe, the bully in Calvin's school.

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