for all contempt turns upon the contemptuous, as it must.

But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men,…

— J. D. Salinger

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

— Nicolas Chamfort

She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for.

— Holly Black

Rejoice in the prosperity of others. When you feel contemptuous, or even a twinge of jealousy, toward the accomplishments or life-styles of others, you…

— Wayne Dyer

So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle are going…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

As Gove knows… 'Scientific education for the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils down to…

— George Orwell

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and…

— Hazel Scott

Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Listen, I wanted to say, I don't need your judgment, okay? I have enough to deal with without you contributing, so can we just…

— Jessica Verdi

Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their…

— Sydney J. Harris

To describe religions as mind viruses is sometimes interpreted as contemptuous or even hostile. It is both. I am often asked why I am…

— Richard Dawkins

You achieve stature only by being good enough to deserve it, by forcing even the contemptuous and indifferent to pay attention, and to acknowledge…

— Wallace Stegner

An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of…

— Franz Grillparzer

“Among these contemptuous women, poor Germaine had the disadvantage of being young--and almost pretty, in a shy, mousy way. She possessed the nonspecific clumsiness…

— John Irving