Deplorable Quotes

58 quotes by 56 authors

We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people. — Evan Bayh
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan… — David Brainerd
Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and… — Simone de Beauvoir
Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed… — Alfred Binet
The period of Catholic ascendancy was on the whole one of the most deplorable in the history of the human mind. . . . The… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them. — Barbara Mertz
It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from… — Pope Benedict XVI
Regarding the accusations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, deplorable and disgusting as those abuses are, they are not so harmful to the… — Richard Dawkins
Any definition which limits us is deplorable. — Edward Albee
The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Muslims should constitute a warning to our society, a… — Andrew Goodman
The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the… — Alma Gluck
The deplorable thing is that the people who were tortured yesterday, torture today. — B. Traven
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable. — Bernard of Clairvaux
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . .… — Ambrose Bierce
"I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effect on… — Charles Bernhard Heyd
...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state — Alphonse de Lamartine
Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable.… — Horace Greeley
But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people, towards a political… — James Madison
What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with… — Cotton Mather
The consequences of a plethora of half-digested theoretical knowledge are deplorable. — Alfred North Whitehead

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