Detest Quotes
124 quotes by 107 authors
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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they…
— Harry Browne
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Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
— Lord Byron
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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
— Lord Byron
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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't…
— Benjamin Carson
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Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences…
— Noam Chomsky
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I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
— Helen Clark
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I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.
— Thomas Paine
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Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if…
— Laozi
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I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest…
— Sybille Bedford
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I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can…
— Ezra Cornell
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I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size 8 - this…
— Mindy Kaling
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I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on…
— Frank Zappa
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I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another.
— Homer
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How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
— Alexander Pope
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I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know,…
— Bill Bailey
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I detest symbolic protest, as it is an outcry of weak, middle-of-the-road, liberal eunuchs. If an individual feels strongly enough about something to do something…
— William Powell
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I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest…
— Jenny Holzer
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James Cain - faugh! Everything he touches smells like a billygoat. He is every kind of writer I detest, a faux naix, a Proust in…
— Raymond Chandler
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I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising,…
— Rene Magritte
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