--- title: "17 Condescension and Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Condescension and quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Condescension and sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/edward-hoagland-14156_believe_there-aren-t-many-irritations-to-match-t_2919238.png" --- > [There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hoagland/there-aren-t-many-irritations-to-match-the-condescension-which-a/) [Edward Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hoagland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/edward-hoagland-14156_believe_there-aren-t-many-irritations-to-match-t_2919238.png) > [I thought I’d been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing Y.A.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-thought-i-d-been-condescended-to-as-an-indian-that-was-nothing/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/sherman-alexie-444_adults_i-thought-i-d-been-condescended-to-as-an_629735.png) > [The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-crick/the-praise-of-free-men-is-worth-having-for-it-is-the-only-praise/) [Bernard Crick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-crick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/bernard-crick-16886_condescension_the-praise-of-free-men-is-worth-having-f_1362221.jpg) > [Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verity-stob/lisp-is-still-1-for-key-algorithmic-techniques-such-as-recursion-and/) [Verity Stob](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/verity-stob/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/verity-stob-69579_condescension_lisp-is-still-1-for-key-algorithmic-tech_209135.jpg) > [...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-of-assisi/in-this-world-i-cannot-see-the-most-high-son-of-god-with-my-own-eyes/) [Francis of Assisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-of-assisi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/francis-of-assisi-3402_blessed-sacrament_in-this-world-i-cannot-see-the-most-high_40057.jpg) > [All Nigerians must learn from Christ and be determined to imbibe the lesson of divine condescension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-akinola/all-nigerians-must-learn-from-christ-and-be-determined-to-imbibe-the/) [Peter Akinola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-akinola/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/peter-akinola-34332_christ_all-nigerians-must-learn-from-christ-and_1076955.png) > [What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-gebser/what-counts-now-are-the-value-less-facts-the-material-and-the/) [Jean Gebser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-gebser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/jean-gebser-46633_condescension_what-counts-now-are-the-value-less-facts_1974616.jpg) > [Every empire suffers from hubris, arrogance and condescension, and therefore a moral blindness. That's true of the American empire, it was true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/every-empire-suffers-from-hubris-arrogance-and-condescension-and/) [Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/cornel-west-708_american-empire_every-empire-suffers-from-hubris-arrogan_2024423.jpg) > [We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoweri-museveni/we-certainly-would-be-happy-for-more-help-but-not-at-the-price-of/) [Yoweri Museveni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoweri-museveni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/yoweri-museveni-17179_arrogance_we-certainly-would-be-happy-for-more-hel_2250531.png) > [Eucharistic worship is not so much worship of the inaccessible transcendence as worship of the divine condescension, and it is also the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/eucharistic-worship-is-not-so-much-worship-of-the-inaccessible/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/pope-john-paul-ii-485_change_eucharistic-worship-is-not-so-much-worsh_2394397.jpg) > [What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-of-assisi/what-wonderful-majesty-what-stupendous-condescension-o-sublime/) [Francis of Assisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-of-assisi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/francis-of-assisi-3402_blessed-sacrament_what-wonderful-majesty-what-stupendous-c_951248.jpg) > [I would not preach tolerance, which seems to me another name for condescension and presupposes faults in those to be tolerated ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-lawrence/i-would-not-preach-tolerance-which-seems-to-me-another-name-for/) [Josephine Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/josephine-lawrence-45460_asks_i-would-not-preach-tolerance-which-seems_283714.jpg) > ["Nationwide" featured an amazing collection of apprentice impersonators. From all over Britain, schoolchildren materialised via local studios to give us their imitations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/nationwide-featured-an-amazing-collection-of-apprentice-impersonators/) [Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/clive-james-2750_accurate_nationwide-featured-an-amazing-collectio_1051577.png) > [There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/there-are-one-or-two-elementary-rules-to-be-observed-in-the-way-of/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/arthur-conan-doyle-273_break_there-are-one-or-two-elementary-rules-to_1081721.jpg) > [My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/my-commodity-as-a-writer-whatever-i-m-writing-about-is-me-and-your/) [William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-zinsser-2796_avoidance_my-commodity-as-a-writer-whatever-i-m-wr_1561225.png) > [Do you know of any more overwhelming and humbling expression for God's condescension and extravagance towards us human beings than that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/do-you-know-of-any-more-overwhelming-and-humbling-expression-for-god/) [Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/soren-kierkegaard-578_able_do-you-know-of-any-more-overwhelming-and_3205574.jpg) > [The revelation of His glory includes seeing One so high (transcendence) who went so low (condescension) to bring us so near (redemption)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bickle/the-revelation-of-his-glory-includes-seeing-one-so-high-transcendence/) [Mike Bickle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bickle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/mike-bickle-11269_awestruck_the-revelation-of-his-glory-includes-see_1283358.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/condescension-and/#itemlist", "name": "Condescension and Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her vainly for the past umpteen years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Hoagland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hoagland/there-aren-t-many-irritations-to-match-the-condescension-which-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", 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What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! 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