Contempt Quotes

515 quotes by 379 authors

I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right. — Christopher Hitchens
...for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at their core, represent… — Greg Rucka
Gobbledygook may indicate a failure to think clearly, a contempt for one's clients, or more probably a mixture of both. A system that can't or… — Michael Shanks
One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of people… — Bran Ferren
Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing… — Paul Weyrich
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. — Margaret Mead
This is the perpetual and pitiful tragedy of the practical man in practical affairs. He always begins with a flourish of contempt for what he… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Ultimately, Monsieur, we must go to God per infamiam et bonam famam [whether spoken of well or ill], and His Divine Goodness is merciful to… — Vincent de Paul
It is certainly a wonderful, a brain-staggering conception... that our own stellar universe may be but one of hundreds of thousands of similar universes... Familiarity… — Heber Doust Curtis
Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is also a normal and healthy sentiment. I have… — Adolf Hitler
Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not… — Malcolm Turnbull
The man of understanding can no more sit quiet and resigned while his country lets its literature decay, and lets good writing meet with contempt,… — Ezra Pound
But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men, all… — J D Salinger
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an… — David Hume
Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt. — Robert Green Ingersoll
A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Genuine contempt, on the other hand, is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Fear can be the result of admiration, or it can be a symptom of contempt. — Julie Klausner
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. — Toby Young
If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease… — William Godwin

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