We admire people who work hard, who are objective and thorough. We detest office politicians, toadies, bullies, and pompous asses. We abhor… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
He [George Washington Cable] has taught me to abhor and detest the Sabbath day and hunt up new and troublesome ways to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Detest it as lewd intercourse, it can deprive you of all your leisure, your health, your rest, and the whole happiness of… — Farkas Bolyai Copy Share Image
If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I detest the word plot. I never, never think of plot. I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters;… — Stirling Silliphant Copy Share Image
I am beginning to loathe & detest all that Hollywood represents. — Charles R. Jackson Copy Share Image
A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical. — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
The American people, I am convinced, really detest free speech. At the slightest alarm they are ready and eager to put it… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I crave intimacy to the same burning degree that I detest commitment. — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich… — Laura Kightlinger Copy Share Image
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of… — Plato Copy Share Image
All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Man who has lived through so many storms will either worship the tranquillity or will detest it! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
As soon as any one is near me, his personality disturbs my self-complacency and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I begin… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
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