25 Movie Quotes about Verbal Abuse (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: May 12, 2026

Memorable quotes about verbal abuse, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 I'll tell you what. If you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions.

Tia Carrere as Nani Pelekai in Lilo & Stitch (2002)

2 Oh. I don't mean to say things like that. No matter what you've done, there's no excuse for my saying anything like that. But every time I see you... -Things like that just fly out of your mouth. -Yes!

Tom Hanks as Joe Fox; Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

3 Oh! You're starting right in, huh? Starting right in with the insults. No warming up in the bullpen or nothing, huh? Starting right in.

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners (1955)

4 There. Did you hear? He is becoming abusive.

Peter Cullen as Karr in Knight Rider (1982)

5 Please don't yell. It scares me. -Oh, I'm sorry.

Quote from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 Calling someone stupid doesn't make you any smarter.

Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron in Mean Girls (2004)

7 No, now... You insulted him a little bit. You got a little out of order yourself.

Robert De Niro as James "Jimmy The Gent" Conway; James Jimmy The Gent Conway in Goodfellas

8 What the hell are you yelling for? -All you have to do is whisper.

Quote from Dirty Harry (1971)

9 Wait a minute, you can't talk to these old-_ ladies like that!

Ice Cube as Craig Jones in Friday After Next (2002)

10 You know, I hate that kind of remark. It sounds like a compliment, but really it's an insult.

Meg Ryan as Sally Albright in When Harry Met Sally...