Contempt Quotes

515 quotes by 384 authors

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility,… — C.S. Lewis
It happens a little unluckily that the persons who have the most infinite contempt of money are the same that have the strongest appetite for… — William Shenstone
You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt — Thomas Paine
The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every… — Albert Camus
Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have for… — Diane Johnson
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. — Salman Rushdie
Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like me, who are… — Hunter S. Thompson
This is the simple discovery which we must confront. We were given a place in the creation, with a beauty beyond telling, and we have… — Robert Jensen
I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my characters, whom I… — Gen Urobuchi
Show your contempt for the problem and your concern for the person. — Jim Rohn
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case, quite frankly, presumed… — Dallas Willard
Let dissolution come when it will, it can do the Christian no harm, for it will be but a passage out of a prison into… — John Bunyan
I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt. — Jane Austen
Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt. — Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
There is no appeasing Putin. Frankly, there is no directly stopping him, either. It is only possible to raise the costs to him of his… — Rich Lowry
Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a… — Saint Augustine
If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us. — Walter E. Williams
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to… — Simon Greenleaf

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