I take a few breaths to calm myself, step back, and lift Buttercup by the scruff of the neck. "I should've drowned… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their… — Martin Cruz Smith Copy Share Image
Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I… — Jon Crosby Copy Share Image
Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In one period the grossest ignorance and barbarism prevailed in the world; and afterwards, in a more enlightened age, the most daring… — William Carey Copy Share Image
We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I occasionally feel contempt for that attitude [degree of sexual desire towards me] when I perceive it, but maybe that's not fair.… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. — Henry Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt. — John M. Gottman Copy Share Image
Men naturally sympathize with the calamities of individuals; but they are inclined to look on a fallen party with contempt rather than… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Every argument that Margaret Thatcher ever made internationally didn't have a great deal to do with her contempt for Communism - she… — Brian Mulroney Copy Share Image
There was a free election in Palestine, but it came out the wrong way. So instantly, the United States and Israel with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In America we have only the bourgeoisie, and the love of the heroic is one of the few counterpoises available to us.… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Hollywood works continually to keep its standard of contempt for the audience. — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
Jesus once caused a sick man to arise on the Sabbath and take up his bed, whereupon the pious of the land… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
