Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“ Hatred had blossomed from the vine of contempt in his heart, flowers of dark, grim splendor. ” — Aleksandr Voinov Copy Share Image
If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“The "contempt of cops" by those in their chain of command creates Toxic Boss Blues.” — Steve Neal Copy Share Image
In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and remarkable success. — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“He didn’t even look at Lizzie, just stared at Emily, his cold blue eyes filled with such contempt she feared she might… — Bev Pettersen Copy Share Image
Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners. — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
As soon as the Cross ceases to be to us, first of all, the place of utmost shame and contempt, we make… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. Its unbelievable the kind of… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger,… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Set goals & life plan.If you aim for nothing you will reach no where.Make aim & stay focused on where you want… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I'm feeling how profoundly my family disappointed me and in the end how I retreated, how I became nothing, because that was… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
“can still hear the contempt in her voice. At times everyone wonders how deeply buried contempt is beneath the surface of their… — Adrian Barnes Copy Share Image
There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I think psychologically [Margaret Thatcher] is really worth studying. I am reading Charles Moore's biography of her, and he has gotten us… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generTo be rich nowadays… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
I knew how the suits used to talk about the artists, with barely concealed contempt. So I knew what was waiting for… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the… — Homer Copy Share Image
Oh!” said she, “I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's.… — Florence King Copy Share Image
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
“He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“The whole attitude of 'man against the world', of man as a 'world-negating' principle, of a man as the measure of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind -- the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified — Margaret Mary Alacoque Copy Share Image
Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Incivility is the extreme of pride; it is built on the contempt of mankind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The virtues you possess now bring you eternal pain. All you have is contempt for a life you can't obtain. — Hatebreed Copy Share Image
Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image