Condescended Quotes
14 quotes by 14 authors
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
— Isaac D'Israeli
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I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have.…
— Jeffrey Eugenides
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O felt that her mouth was beautiful, since her lover condescended to thrust himself into it . . .
— Anne Desclos
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I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.
— Sherman Alexie
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Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.
— Matt Groening
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My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot…
— Claire Danes
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What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.
— Geoffrey Rush
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How do you know that, Philo, dear?" But Philologos had had enough of being condescended to. "Because, Lamion, I am not as dumb as you…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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O the shame of it, the humiliating shame of being condescended to by dolts
— Salman Rushdie
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Being reviewed is being condescended to by your inferiors.
— John Irving
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Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who condescended to come into this world of misery, struggle, and pain to touch men's hearts for good,…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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I want to know one thing, the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the…
— John Wesley
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Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did, you know. But…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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He that condescended so far, and stooped so low, to invite and bring us to heaven, will not refuse us a gracious reception there.
— Robert Boyle
Who Wrote These Condescended Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 14 Condescended Quotes as follows: