Condescending Quotes

I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.

— Sherry Stringfield

Generational thinking has always been reductive and condescending.

— Adam Conover

I don't believe in condescending to children. I don't change any writing technique.

— Stephen Schwartz

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

— Brooks Atkinson

I've gotten "condescending" a million times, and that's not good.

— David Cross

Go force your condescending man-logic on the next house. You can go now.

— Lisa McMann

“That’s the funny thing about pity, Saint. It’s condescending by default.”

— wildbow

Inconsiderate condescending people have a special place in hell...

— Anonymous

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Only one of the most condescending phrases in the English language…and”

— Christine Pope

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.

— Eugene H. Peterson

I believe that it's condescending to think that women and their claims can't stand up to interrogation and can't handle skepticism.

— Bari Weiss

Cult writer. It's a weird term because it's complimentary but condescending at the same time.

— Dennis Cooper

And I refuse to be concerned with condescending advice, 'cause I'm the only motherfucka that can change my life.

— Immortal Technique

“That was, perhaps, the most unfeeling proposal she could imagine. The man was cynical, insensitive, condescending, rude. And she was definitely going…

— Tessa Dare

“I'd tell you to shove your condescending tone up your ass, but a big stick got there first. ”

— Dawn Jayne

“How could someone so rude, condescending, and assholish have this effect on me? Was assholish even a word?”

— lyra parish

We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never…

— Woodrow Wilson

“He was always 'checking in' to see if I needed any help with my campaign, which on the surface seemed nice enough,…

— Molly Harper

Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy,…

— Alice Hegan Rice

I really think suicide has a branding problem because it has a tagline. It has a catch phrase, and I bet a…

— Chris Gethard

What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I…

— Talib Kweli

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions,…

— Azar Nafisi

I think a lot of things that people think are complimentary are a little bit condescending, but then we just have to…

— Lauren Mayberry

I've had my fair share of incidents with law enforcement, whether they're saying smart remarks, condescending remarks to downplay who I am…

— Bubba Wallace

Jesus is humble, and His servants must not be proud; but Jesus was never mean or cowardly, nor must His servants be.…

— Charles Spurgeon

I know that when a supersexy older girl with hips and breasts and nice hair wants to take off your glasses and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I think the biggest hurdle American feminists have in terms of taking a more global approach is that too often when you…

— Jessica Valenti

There are too many coy books full of talking animals, whimsical children, and condescending adults. (Some of the most famous animals in…

— Katharine Sergeant Angell White

I remember sitting in his office a hundred times during those grim months and each time thinking, What on earth can he…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Kyo: Of course, I'll beat YOU, too! Yuki: Don't you ever get tired of saying that? Kyo: Beating you is my vocation!…

— Natsuki Takaya

The [Nobel] award [of Bob Dylan] is no affront to literature; it is an insult to pop music. It is a condescending…

— David Bennun

So how do we solve this ancient problem? How can we not just tolerate someone who believes differently than we do, but…

— John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth

“Condescending is worst more than Enmity.”

— Zinny Ekechukwu

You'd be surprised how condescending people can be.

— Peter Dinklage

I've dealt my entire career with sexist and condescending people.

— Lzzy Hale

“Right.” His voice was condescending. Asking Marcus to not worry about me was like asking the sun not to rise the next…

— Nicole Grane

“I say,” he said. “What’s all this?” A man of fine breeding. Condescending even after death.”

— O.M. Grey

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.

— Scott Adams

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is…

— Joel Coen

I learned how my childhood had led me to be comfortable with confrontation and insensitive to those with less power. I came…

— Gagan Biyani