Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.] — Carlo Goldoni Copy Share Image
You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even – no, especially – when… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
I don't really have anything against the French except that, as an American, I've been bred to despise them with the same… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
The singers all loathe the sight of one another, the chorus despises the singers, they both hate the orchestra, and everyone fears… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We are now living in a jungle where the strong eats the weak,we are not better than the Arabs to despise them. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my… — James Otis Copy Share Image
That's another thing the #NeverTrump-ers can't figure out and despise. But the media did, too. The media was fascinated. [Donald] Trump was… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they… — Claud Cockburn Copy Share Image
By the end of the session, I am no one at all. Haymitch started drinking somewhere around witty, and a nasty edge… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
A classical education enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving. — Russell Green Copy Share Image
Often our good deeds make enemies for us, and the ungrateful person despises us on two counts; for he is not only… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The main thing I despise about America now is driving on the freeways. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation-we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst... it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that… — Alexandra David-Neel Copy Share Image
We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
