Spite Quotes · Page 3

“[W]e all incline in astonishingly personal ways to idiocy and spite”

— Alain de Botton

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.

— George Farquhar

He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.

— Forrest Tucker

In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

You can’t bite your nose off to spite your face.

— Paul Merson

“Withholding love is a bit like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

— Matthew Kelly

Education is still, in spite of private education, a state matter.

— Kenneth Arrow

...the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us.

— Melody Beattie

In spite of the anticapitalistic policies of all governments and of almost all political parties, the capitalist mode of production

— Ludwig von Mises

My body loves my in spite of how I may treat it. My body communicates with me, and I now listen to…

— Louise Hay

You must not think that I feel, in spite of it having ended in such defeat, that my "life has been wasted"…

— Isak Dinesen

God doesn't work through us because we're flawless; rather, He works through us in spite of our imperfections.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Everyday there are people in our world that do absolutely amazing things. People of all ages are very capable of doing tremendous,…

— Mairead Corrigan

Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.

— John Dryden

I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the…

— Lord Byron

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and…

— Robert Henri

To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve;…

— Carlos Castaneda

Consider: for all the gobbledegook [film studio] executives spout about backstory, all that we, the audience, want to know is what happens…

— David Mamet

Just show him that I didn't need his apology, I guess. Show him that I was okay. Better than okay. I was…

— Kelley Armstrong

We know that Las Vegas is junk, but at the same time I think that exactly the same process and ultimately also,…

— Rem Koolhaas

At the beginning, a good amount of spite fueled that. The worst part of doing this work is waiting for permission, begging…

— Cole Escola

Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of…

— Joseph Joubert

In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the…

— Michael Moore

For the sacrificed, in the hour of sacrifice, only one thing counts: faith-alone among enemies and skeptics. Faith, in spite of the…

— Dag Hammarskjold

There is so much deep contradiction in my soul. Such deep longing for God - so deep that it is painful -…

— Brian Kolodiejchuk

Organized religion has too often followed the road of other people's institutions. It has made adjustments, compromises, and surrenders to a materialistic…

— Saul Alinsky

“I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole…

— Kenneth Clark

My loving children, my children who were created with God's beauty, my wise children, whatever difficulty you may have, do not ever…

— Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

The color of the prisoner's skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works…

— William H. Seward

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism…

— Melissa McCarthy

You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our…

— Winston Churchill

There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information,…

— David M. Raup

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

— Carrie Fisher

In spite of everything life is not without hope.

— Marilyn Monroe

Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.

— T. Harv Eker

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

In spite of not taking big stars, I have survived in the industry.

— Priyadarshan

For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.

— Virginia Woolf

Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is in spite of pain.

— Jon Foreman

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.

— Michel Quoist