...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by… — Lord Chesterfield 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
Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension. — Verity Stob 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
But the severe rules of discipline which the prudence of the bishops had instituted were relaxed by the same prudence in favour… — Edward Gibbon 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
As God adds his ‘Yes’ to your ‘Yes,’ as he confirms your will with his will, and as he allows you, and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“A number of years ago, when I was a freshly-appointed instructor, I met, for the first time, a certain eminent historian of… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an exquisite act of condescension from Norwegians, a dog biscuit and a pat on the head to… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
There is almost a touch of condescension in the act of hiring friends that secretly afflicts them. The injury will come out… — Robert Greene 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
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
“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
“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 thought I’d been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing Y.A. — Sherman Alexie 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
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
“[A man], who is in prosperity, while he sees that others have to contend with great wretchedness and that he could help… — Immanuel Kant 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
“Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.” — Michael Bassey Johnson 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
"Nationwide" featured an amazing collection of apprentice impersonators. From all over Britain, schoolchildren materialised via local studios to give us their imitations… — Clive James Copy Share Image
