Despise Quotes · Page 16

I am circumcised, and I tell you something, I despise it. I despise it. I despise it... I am completely pissed off…

— Howard Stern

“Don't despise the little steps you know you can take every day. There are tiny miracles in each and every one of…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

— Hedy Lamarr

My whole life has conspired to bring me to this place, and I can’t despise my whole life.

— Tony Kushner

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

— Fanny Burney

Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.

— Thomas More

“A little time can help you to make a great impact, therefore you should never despise few minutes. Do it till it's…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.

— Solomon

“Do not admire the warriors; do not admire the fighters; condemn the fist! Get rid of this low culture of wildness! Admire…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To…

— Theodor Herzl

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. All that you despise, all that you loathe, all that you reject,…

— Henry Miller

He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my…

— James Otis

I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a…

— John Grisham

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he…

— George Santayana

People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes…

— Daniel Kahneman

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end…

— Joseph Conrad

Jew and Gentile are two worlds, between you Gentiles and us Jews there lies an unbridgeable gulf...There are two life forces in…

— Maurice Samuel

Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural…

— Zhuangzi

“Hating, hating, hating, that’s all I ever hear. People are never just people. No, everybody’s a faggot or a dyke or a…

— Iolanthe Woulff

I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was…

— Kristin Cashore

It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in…

— Hunter S. Thompson

How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!--and such reverence is a bridge to love.--For he desires his enemy for…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Think of what big governments have gotten up to in this century : not one, but two world wars, the gulag, the…

— P. J. O'Rourke

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd…

— Abraham Maslow

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

— Marcus Aurelius

Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.

— Agatha Christie

Soul mates are muses. The people in your life you despise, disrespect and desire the most

— Coco J. Ginger

What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?

— William Shakespeare

A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food. [Lat., Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.]

— Horace

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

— Bill Vaughan

Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in…

— Horace

I'm convinced that some of our greatest and most influential teachers show up in our lives disguised as people we resent or…

— Anonymous

There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.

— Madame de Stael

Men are said to desire women, Severian. Why do they despise the women they obtain?

— Gene Wolfe

Truthfully, I despise hotels. I've had such better experiences staying at people's houses and guesthouses; it's so much more comfortable and homey.

— Rob Machado

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

— Benjamin Disraeli

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.

— Samuel Johnson

What I despise is when somebody is on our show, and they are not being as open as the rest of us.

— Tom Sandoval

Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby.

— Jeff B. Davis