George Lois

When I teach classes at the School of Visual Arts,, I'll ask the students, 'How many of you have been to a museum this year?' Nobody raises their hand and I go into a tirade. If you want to do something sharp and innovative, you have to know what went on before.

American Artist

Alex Pareene

Every year, the White House Correspondents' Dinner inspires two competing varieties of coverage: celebrity-obsessed fawning and angry tirades about how it represents everything twisted about our broken democracy. It doesn't, really.

American Writer

Stephen Jay Gould

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

American Scientist

Steven Crowder

North Korea is really just the kid who decided he'd be 'all out crazy,' hoping people would be scared off by the tirades and avoid stepping up to the plate.

Canadian Actor

Frances Bean Cobain

While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn.

Tom Perez

People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of.

American Politician

The word 'tirade' emphasizes a speaker's intense emotion, which is often negative.

Emotional Intensity

'Tirade' suggests the speech is long and could be overwhelming to listen to.

Extended Speech

Tirades often contain criticism or complaining, sometimes without a clear solution.

Criticism and Complaint

In literature, 'tirade' is used to reveal a character's deep feelings and thoughts.

Literary Device

A tirade in plays amplifies the drama and can be pivotal to the story.

Dramatic Impact

A tirade can provide insight into a character's development or the play's themes.

Character Development

 I feel like the entire store is staring at me, and I simultaneously feel invisible. I want to explode in a tirade of fury, and I want to crawl under a rock. And top all of that off with the frustration that I'm wearing an out-of-character tight-fitting purple t-shirt,