Contemptuous Quotes

44 quotes by 43 authors

I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances, to the… — Jane Austen
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or… — Henry Watson Fowler
The great crimes of the twentieth century were committed not by money-grubbing capitalists but by dedicated idealists. Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler were contemptuous of money.… — Eric Hoffer
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an… — Andre Maurois
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes oneâ€™s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous… — James A. Baldwin
Passion is not friendly. It is arrogant, superbly contemptuous of all that is not itself, and, as they very definition of passion implies the impulse… — James A. Baldwin
When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide… — Lewis Carroll
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own… — Sydney J. Harris
I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade… — Kate Morton
The decor bowled me over. Everywhere I looked, there was something more to see. Botanical prints, a cross section of pomegranates, a passionflower vine and… — Janet Fitch
The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view… — Terry Eagleton
The result is ... that there's no room left in the world for the weird â€“ though plenty for crude, contemptuous, wisecracking, fun-poking imitations of… — Fritz Leiber
Half a dozen brats turned with expressions of derision, and Lyra threw her cigarette down, recognizing the cue for a fight. Everyone's daemon instantly became… — Philip Pullman
You really donâ€™t want to take that tone with me. (Varyk) Well, I do have several others we can choose from. Contemptuous. Angry. Snide. Aggravated.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children:… — Christopher Hitchens
Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth. — E L Doctorow
Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their public trust to… — Mark Levin
Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled their youthful passions… — Orson Scott Card
Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy lives… — Fulton J. Sheen

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