Condescension Quotes

39 Condescension quotes by 39 unique authors

• Perhaps there are somewhere in the infinite universe beings whose minds outrank our minds to the same extent as our minds surpass those of the… — Ludwig von Mises
• By His gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging His condition for ours revealed the… — Maximus the Confessor
• Obama's style of argumentation is unlike any president I have ever met, and I've met a lot of them. And the condescension that oozes from… — Paul Gigot
• What he says, even on his knees, about his own sinfulness is all parrot talk. At bottom, he still believes he has run up a… — C.S. Lewis
• There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. — John Steinbeck
• As God adds his ‘Yes’ to your ‘Yes,’ as he confirms your will with his will, and as he allows you, and approves of, your… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and this brief condescension to evil finally destroyed the balance… — Robert Louis Stevenson
• Almost Kien was tempted to believe in happiness, that contemptible life-goal of illiterates. If it came of itself, without being hunted for, if you did… — Elias Canetti
• We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity. — E. P. Thompson
• I may have come into politics with an unacknowledged condescension toward the game and the people who played it, but I left with more respect… — Michael Ignatieff
• There used to be a certain condescension to Mozart. His music was regarded as pleasant. He was a porcelain figure playing a porcelain harpsichord. — Peter Shaffer
• We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. — Stella Young
• The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of social advancement. It places hygiene before affection and condescension before… — Unknown Author
• Every single day. Not giving up, living up all my dreams So go ahead and look like Im inferior Condescension, Suffering, Callousness and Loathing. Are… — Motionless In White

Who Wrote These Condescension Quotes

39 authors contributed a total of 39 Condescension Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 1 Condescension Quote by William Zinsser
• 1 Condescension Quote by Unknown Author
• 1 Condescension Quote by Thomas M. Disch
• 1 Condescension Quote by Stella Young
• 1 Condescension Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
• 1 Condescension Quote by Sherman Alexie
• 1 Condescension Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 1 Condescension Quote by Pope John Paul II
• 1 Condescension Quote by Phillips Brooks
• 1 Condescension Quote by Peter Shaffer
• 1 Condescension Quote by Peter Akinola
• 1 Condescension Quote by Paul Gigot
• 1 Condescension Quote by Nancy Pelosi
• 1 Condescension Quote by Motionless In White
• 1 Condescension Quote by Mike Bickle
• 1 Condescension Quote by Michael Ignatieff
• 1 Condescension Quote by Maximus the Confessor
• 1 Condescension Quote by Mark Van Doren
• 1 Condescension Quote by Ludwig von Mises
• 1 Condescension Quote by Larry Elder
• 1 Condescension Quote by John Steinbeck
• 1 Condescension Quote by John of Damascus
• 1 Condescension Quote by John F Walvoord
• 1 Condescension Quote by Jill Lepore
• 1 Condescension Quote by Herman Melville