Detest Quotes · Page 6

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.

— Virginia Woolf

Genius, when employed in works whose tendency it is to demoralize and to degrade us, should be contemplated with abhorrence rather than…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.

— Brendan Behan

Detest it [a certain difficult mathematics problem] just as much as lewd intercourse; it can deprive you of all your leisure, your…

— Farkas Bolyai

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

— Helen Clark

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to…

— Voltaire

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

— Jonathan Swift

One thing I detest, I have to say, is when a shoe is too soft, and it's molding to the foot. This…

— Christian Louboutin

I detest producing. I mean, I feel like I do it to enable myself to do all the other stuff that I…

— Julie Davis

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask…

— Harry Browne

I detest violence. I have a tremendous respect not only for human life but also for the animal life that I have…

— Murray Bookchin

“Werle: "I believe there is no one in the world you detest as you do me." Gregers: "I have seen you at…

— Henrik Ibsen

I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative…

— Rene Magritte