People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
A horse, if he happens to have a contemptuous disposition, can sneer very effectively. — Esther Meynell Copy Share Image
A sneer can often reveal far more about the sneerer than the object of their derision. — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
Stalkers lips curled into a sneer. "You won't make a move without him, huh? That's embarrassing." "No," I said softly. "It just… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
To be original is to discover the commonplace of a thousand years--to face at first the sneer that no one would have… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil's weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Physicians mend or end us, Secundum artem; but although we sneer - In health - when ill we call them to attend… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
You know the expression, "It's not personal; it's business." We sneer at such rot. All business is personal, all the time. — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
“New ideas are delicate. They can be crushed easily. New ideas can be killed by a sneer or a yawn . . . or… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you.… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
As anyone who has the slightest knowledge of my work knows, I have little in common with Larkin, who was tall, taciturn… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
I think I'll always be linked to comedy. There is something about it that's such a beautiful thing. The world of drama… — Doc Brown Copy Share Image
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If art is not to be life-enhancing, what is it to be? Half the world is feminine - why is there resentment… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of coincidence in… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
So I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I often think that we are like the carp swimming contentedly in that pond. We live out our lives in our own… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
My general theory since 1971 has been that the word is literally a virus, and that it has not been recognized as… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Fixing a sneer on her face, she deliberately lowered her toolbox and let it fall with a terrible clatter. That he jumped… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
In time, Mr Hall, one gets to recognize that sneer, that hardness, for fornication extends far beyond the actual deed. Were it… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
If art is not to be life-enhancing, what is it to be? Half the world is feminine--why is there resentment at a… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by… — Charles Bowers Copy Share Image
. . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
“The will to live, was his thought, and the thought was accompanied by a sneer.” — Jack London Copy Share Image
