Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the… — William Blake Copy Share Image
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them-thus preserving the system. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
What could be nicer than to have three horrible children behind you in an airplane, and the next set, you go onstage… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually? — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“The human being likes to have something to despise; and likes not having to run after.” — Augusto Branco Copy Share Image
Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad; one who gladly admits she reached the size she is… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal. — Ovid Copy Share Image
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
All Pretences of foretelling by Astrology, are Deceits; for this manifest Reason, because the Wise and Learned, who can only judge whether… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The common man wants nothing of life but health, longevity, amusement, comfort-“happiness.” He who does not despise this should turn his eyes… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Never despise small beginnings, and don't belittle your own accomplishments. Remember them and use them as inspiration as you go on to… — Chris Guillebeau Copy Share Image
There's a black lawyer in Galveston, Texas, who was the unpaid NAACP general counsel in Texas. He had a great record in… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord.....In the royal city of the… — Pope Pius II Copy Share Image
We are ap tu hate them, who wont take our advice, and despise them who do. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am an anarch – not because I despise authority, but because I need it. Likewise, I am not a nonbeliever, but… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
The cayote is a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry. He is always poor, out of luck and friendless.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
