“His posture spoke of condescension, his expression disinterest. He was all brambles and icicles as he strode closer to her cage.” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
There is a condescension on the part of the infinite to the mind of man. That is what looks like God. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity. — E. P. Thompson Copy Share Image
Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension. — Verity Stob 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
The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension. — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
“A deaf and dumb in the mist of morons is a renowed talkative among brains.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Well, that settles it,” Jason said with mock severity. “Such condescension tells me what I had long suspected.” “Which is . .… — Kate Noble Copy Share Image
What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only… — Jean Gebser Copy Share Image
Obama's style of argumentation is unlike any president I have ever met, and I've met a lot of them. And the condescension… — Paul Gigot 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 believe in human liberty as I believe in the wine of life. There is no salvation for men in the pitiful… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and this brief condescension to evil finally… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me. Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you.… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
“Now, how do the young prepare to meet the old? The same way the old prepare to meet the young: with a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The mistake we make with many people - not just Russia - is that we believe we have the model, and there… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“By his gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging his condition for… — Anonymous 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
Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
That politeness which we put on, in order to keep the assuming and the presumptuous at a proper distance will generally succeed.… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Because Jesus Christ has prepared Himself from the foundations of the world we can trust Him as one uniquely qualified through the… — David Wright 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
“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
“Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
...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
All Nigerians must learn from Christ and be determined to imbibe the lesson of divine condescension. — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
“We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us…but what if we are a mere after-glow of them?” — J.G. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own. — Saint John Chrysostom 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 them, thinks: What concern is it of mine? Let everyone be as happy as Heaven pleases, or as he can make himself; I will take nothing from him nor even envy him, only I do not…” quote by Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/immanuel-kant-532_alms_a-man-who-is-in-prosperity-while-he-sees_828841.jpg)
