Contempt Quotes

515 quotes by 379 authors

We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves the… — James M. Barrie
We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government. — Mitch Daniels
I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might… — Barbara Kruger
Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger,… — Dallas Willard
My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers,… — Steven Pinker
Earth to Democrats: Displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a… — Monica Crowley
Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of… — Henry Rollins
President Obama has contempt for real money. — P.J. O'Rourke
Contempt for China on the part of the enemy is his weak point. Knowledge of this weak point is our strong point. — Chiang Kai-shek
Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear… — Rosemary Mahoney
For 200 years, the dominant powers have also been the colonial powers: the European countries, the U.S. and Japan. They have never been required to… — Martin Jacques
My mother watched her loving husband look at her with blankness or contempt and sometimes hatred. And yet dementia is classed as a social condition,… — Rose George
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence… — Noam Chomsky
Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at… — Noam Chomsky
In Ghazalia, Mr. Hussein showed his contempt for the majority Shiites in ways large and small. He refused to allow them even one mosque, while… — Alex Berenson
Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything. — Martin Freeman
The kind of support the down-and-out need is the kind we have always refused them, the kind that would mean engaging with them not as… — Donella Meadows
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. — Ira Gershwin
There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself… — Xenophon
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. — John Gay

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