Best Disdain Sayings

122 Disdain quotes by 111 unique authors

For me, it works to my advantage when people think I'm stupid. If somebody who disdains you or wants to control you underestimates you, you… — Veronica Webb
Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is rejected… — David Hume
Lawyers have a way of seeing that sets them apart from the rest of us. In some way this special vision makes them invaluable, and… — Thane Rosenbaum
Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life. — FranÃ§ois-RenÃ© de Chateaubriand
No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that he had created those works… — Derek R. Audette
I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame,… — William Cowper
In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry. — Thomas Gray
Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not… — Henry Clay
In an era when museum curators were busy introducing the public to photographs of daily life taken by Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Diane Arbus,… — Burton Silverman
I believe women who are supported by men are prostitutes, that is that, and I am heartbroken to live through a time where Wall Street… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization - including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility, and all… — Thomas Sowell
In each human heart terror survives The ravin it has gorged: the loftiest fear All that they would disdain to think were true: Hypocrisy and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. — Pierre Corneille
Engineering is treated with disdain, on the whole. It's considered to be rather boring and irrelevant, yet neither of those is true. — James Dyson
I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious. — Khaled Hosseini
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. — Abraham Lincoln
Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts. — Michelangelo
Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. — Bill Murray
Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How… — William Shatner
I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully… — Mark Skousen
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains… — Rainer Maria Rilke
From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief… — Jane Austen
Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. — Jane Austen
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving mourners be, Looking… — William Shakespeare

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