Detest Quotes

124 Detest quotes by 105 unique authors

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the… — Nelson Mandela
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons… — Plato
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we… — Millard Fillmore
We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world… — Paulo Coelho
I detest heavy perfume and shrill voices. — Renee Vivien
My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I detest… — Sergei Prokofiev
Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care,… — Neal Boortz
I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic! — John Lahr
Michael Moore simultaneously represents everything I detest in a human being and everything I feel obligated to defend in an American. Quite simply, it is… — Dennis Miller
I still hate making pictures! And I don't like Hollywood any better. I detest the limelight and love simplicity, and in Hollywood the only thing… — Margaret Sullavan
I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems to… — Glenn Gould
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is… — Millard Fillmore
I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of… — Leonardo Sciascia
I exist here, now. I'm not much interested in the future. Or, more precisely put, I do not believe in the future. To exaggerate a… — Yohji Yamamoto
There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we… — Pamela Hansford Johnson
I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode. — John Andre
Asking, â€˜If there is no God, what is the purpose of life?â€™ is like asking, â€˜If there is no master, whose slave will I be?â€™… — Dan Barker
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly… — Noel Coward
I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest. — Christine Lahti
We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it… — Adam Savage

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