Ballet is the body rising. Ballet is ceremonial and hieratic. Its disdain for the commonplace material world is the source of its… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Culture, which by definition serves no purpose, has now found a role as the consort of business. Right off the bat we… — Corinne Maier Copy Share Image
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“God of the gaps” Christianity seeks to present Christianity as playing a strong savior role whereby it fills the gaps and provides… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
A noble mind disdains to hide his head, And let his foes triumph in his overthrow. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Each of us is several, is many,is a profusion of selves. So that the self who disdains his surroundings is not the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Classically, very few people have considered that cleanliness is next to godliness. A rank loincloth and hair in an advanced state of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
President Trump has made no secret of his disdain for NATO and his willingness to consider leaving it. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There's actually a disdain for the conversation about audience in the art world. Artist to artist, if you say, "What do you… — Eric Fischl Copy Share Image
There is yet a silent agony in which the mind appears to disdain all external help, and broods over its distresses with… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I don't think humanity just replays history, but we are the same people our ancestors were, and our descendants are going to… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
Why do people who like to get up early look with disdain on those who like to lie in bed late? And… — Ruth Stout Copy Share Image
I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered.… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, 'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
I have such disdain for anybody who gets joy out of blowing the stuffing out of a little woodland creature, that I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
I believe women who are supported by men are prostitutes, that is that, and I am heartbroken to live through a time… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Educated men - "civilized," as Fourier used to say with disdain - tremble at the idea that society might some day be… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
