Condescend Quotes

24 Condescend quotes by 22 unique authors

The great will not condescend to take anything seriously. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the… — Charles Caleb Colton
Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
If you gave wings to a cat, it would not condescend to be a bird. It would be an angel. — Unknown Author
Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not… — Samuel Johnson
If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in the meekness of thy… — Laurence Sterne
Stately, kindly, lordly friend Condescend Here to sit by me. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend… — Jonathan Swift
I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a… — Aleksandar Hemon
We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time. — E L Doctorow
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the… — George Steiner
Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible. — William Butler Yeats
Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't… — Maureen Dowd
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to… — Carl Sagan
I must spin good ghosts out of my hope to oppose the hordes at my window. If those who look in see me condescend to… — Elizabeth Smart
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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 explanation… — Ilona Andrews
… that sour blend of loneliness and lust for recognition, shyness and extravagance, deep insecurity and self-intoxicated egomania, that drives poets and writers out of… — Amos Oz
People who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only be unhappy about a person who is worth his while; which… — Marcel Proust
Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact… — Carl Sagan
The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also drag… — Laura Moriarty
And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures… — Brad Holland

Who Wrote These Condescend Quotes

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