The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.

“Who would condescend to strike down the mere things he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common…

— G.K. Chesterton

People in Hollywood can condescend to the way a lot of other people are living.

— W. Kamau Bell

Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you from conventionalism,…

— Marilynne Robinson

“To condescend effectively it is clearly necessary to adhere to a narrow definition of relevant data.”

— Marilynne Robinson

We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time.

— E. L. Doctorow

Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your…

— Ilona Andrews

Nobody keeps a cat. They condescend to live with you is all.

— Del Shannon

“I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on my couch…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also…

— Laura Moriarty

Many persons think a prophet must be a good deal better than anybody else. Suppose I would condescend - yes, I will call it…

— Sam Smith

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

— T. S. Eliot

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to…

— Henry Fielding

People who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only be unhappy about a person who is worth his while;…

— Marcel Proust

And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As I got older, I had to learn to not have people speak for me. It was the first time I recognized, 'Oh, sometimes…

— Jessica Williams