Condescending Quotes

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If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. — Scott Adams
Don't underestimate your kids. Don't be condescending, because they're children but they're not stupid. — Steve Carell
I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing. Australia has a… — Nick Cave
Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. — Brooks Atkinson
Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and end, tell a… — Andrea Brown
Youâ€™re always working at the margin of what you donâ€™t understand, thatâ€™s the only exhilarating place to be. To just illustrate what you already know… — Emmet Gowin
Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain of… — Howard Barker
Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain… — Stephen Bayley
I don't care who the student is, teachers should never be condescending. That should be the first rule in the teacher handbook. — Colleen Hoover
But really itâ€™s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because theyâ€™re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people… — Paul Neilan
I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become… — Muhammad Asad
I'm not being condescending, I'm too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn't understand. — Jimmy Carr
Republicans should save the clip of Jonathan Gruber and run it over and over again in the run-up to the 2016 election. This attitude that… — Cal Thomas
You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.'… — Jim Gaffigan
Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that… — Helen Mirren
I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending. — Sherry Stringfield
Cult writer. It's a weird term because it's complimentary but condescending at the same time. — Dennis Cooper
Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise. — Joyce Carol Oates
Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending… — Azar Nafisi
I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the… — Tinie Tempah

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