Condescend Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne

When a doctor arrives to attend some patient of the working class, he ought not to feel his pulse the moment he enters, as…

— Bernardino Ramazzini

People in Hollywood can condescend to the way a lot of other people are living.

— W. Kamau Bell

Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you from conventionalism,…

— Marilynne Robinson

“To condescend effectively it is clearly necessary to adhere to a narrow definition of relevant data.”

— Marilynne Robinson

We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time.

— E. L. Doctorow

Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your…

— Ilona Andrews

Nobody keeps a cat. They condescend to live with you is all.

— Del Shannon

“I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on my couch…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also…

— Laura Moriarty

Many persons think a prophet must be a good deal better than anybody else. Suppose I would condescend - yes, I will call it…

— Sam Smith

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

— T. S. Eliot

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to…

— Henry Fielding