“Well, that settles it,” Jason said with mock severity. “Such condescension tells me what I had long suspected.” “Which is . .… — Kate Noble Copy Share Image
Obama's style of argumentation is unlike any president I have ever met, and I've met a lot of them. And the condescension… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only… — Jean Gebser Copy Share Image
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
Take advantage of the gracious condescension of the elegant calf's kidney, multiply its metamorphoses: you can without giving it any offence, call… — Emmanuel des Essarts Copy Share Image
“... you saw how he was more than happy to serve Amarantha to remain unscathed.' ... Rhys let out a dark laugh.… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Tony Blair adopted the accent of the audience he was speaking to, which worked very well initially, but then voters began to… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
Every empire suffers from hubris, arrogance and condescension, and therefore a moral blindness. That's true of the American empire, it was true… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man;… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God,… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
“Now, how do the young prepare to meet the old? The same way the old prepare to meet the young: with a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The mistake we make with many people - not just Russia - is that we believe we have the model, and there… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“By his gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging his condition for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open,… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
“It is most remarkable that Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Church, did not… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
“Do you imagine that the poisonous spittle of five hundred little men of your sort, hoisted on to each other's shoulders, could… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
This does not mean that I fail to recognise that Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and… — Verity Stob Copy Share Image
“The condescension was rooted in class. Those who fought for the hiring of black police occupied one stratum of black society; those… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
“My friend is my friend, even if he wears rag, even if he wasn't born with a silver spoon, even if nobody… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Eucharistic worship is not so much worship of the inaccessible transcendence as worship of the divine condescension, and it is also the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Then turn your eyes back on me, and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension,… — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
“He speaks in a way that leaves no room for argument, on the edge of condescension and caring. It's a trick all… — Natalie C. Parker Copy Share Image
We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
I would not preach tolerance, which seems to me another name for condescension and presupposes faults in those to be tolerated ...… — Josephine Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Sadly, the natural world is not short of people who believe that rattling off Latin names incessantly makes them appear clever, whereas… — Tristan Gooley Copy Share Image
That is why, as one who values the U.S. - Israel relationship, and loves Israel, I was near tears throughout the Prime… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in… — Evan Thomas Copy Share Image
Good motives aside, white condescension does more damage than good. White condescension says to a black child, 'The rules used by other… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Most of them have, of course, an agenda; mostly born-again Christians looking to save my soul. I suppose the assumption is made… — Eric Rudolph Copy Share Image
It means eating your words, this thing of refusing to be a fence-sitter, but I'd rather eat my words than get calluses… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
Almost Kien was tempted to believe in happiness, that contemptible life-goal of illiterates. If it came of itself, without being hunted for,… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
