Contempt Quotes

515 quotes by 384 authors

For men, as a rule, love is but an episode which takes place among the other affairs of the day, and the emphasis laid on… — W. Somerset Maugham
and standing before me a bloodied bottle of Absolut in her hand, is Mrs. Allington, her pink jogging suit drenched, her chest heaving, her eyes… — Meg Cabot
The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if… — Daniel Handler
There were people whom you positively ached to please. If you failed with such people they would put you into a category in their minds… — Alice Munro
His response was to fight it with the only weapons at handâ€”passive resistance and open displays of contempt. — Kurt Vonnegut
To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for… — Oscar Wilde
His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
Until that moment, I hadnâ€™t realized that I embarked on the project of touring historic sites and monuments having to do with the assassinations of… — Sarah Vowell
It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry… — John Adams
I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here who create those… — Isaac Asimov
the first quality of an honest man is contempt for religion, which would have us afraid of the most natural thing in the world, which… — Umberto Eco
Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity. — Baroness Orczy
I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault… — James Lee Burke
Oh!â€ said she, â€œI heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say… — Jane Austen
The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt… — Aldous Huxley
He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word. — Charlaine Harris
When I beheld you, suddenly - for perhaps a second - I had the strength to reject everything that wasn't you and to laugh at… — Jean Genet
Kill me then,' panted Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only rage and contempt. 'Kill me like you killed him, you coward-' DON'T-'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community… — Edmund Burke
If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide and trying to… — Jim Butcher

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