Disgust Quotes

207 Disgust quotes by 176 unique authors

It is clear that 'social Darwinism' and 'survival of the fittest' were intended by Obama to evoke feelings of fear and disgust. It is highly… — George H. Smith
It is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure. — Andy Hargreaves
The pens sharpen – Islamophobia! No such thing. Primitive Middle Eastern religions (and most others) are much the same – Islam, Christianity and Judaism all… — Polly Toynbee
Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies. — Polly Toynbee
Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's… — John Betjeman
For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses. — Margaret Cavendish
Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther… — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
You could slap his wrist for saying it, but then he said it with his face, and you could spank him for making faces, but… — Jonathan Franzen
The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness, no… — Paul David Tripp
They who have already enjoyed the crowds and noise of the great city, know their desire to return is little more than the restlessness of… — Samuel Johnson
What does it mean to know and experience my own “nothingness?” It is not enough to turn away in disgust from my illusions and faults… — Thomas Merton
I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the stuff I choose… — Jason Mraz
I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea… — Father Damien
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him… — George Eliot
Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar, — Luis Bunuel
The violent, antirationalistic impulse in Western countries is reacting to an intellectual state of affairs in which all thinking has become strategy; this impulse shows… — Peter Sloterdijk
Now, because men of our contemporary age are caught up in the ascetic view of a life-denying religious system, but in spite of this cannot… — Guido von List
Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent, — Milan Kundera
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
The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even… — Mark Zandi
I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… — Joseph Conrad
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one… — Francesco Guicciardini
There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words… — Pietro Aretino
Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. — James Buchan
We must not feel a childish disgust at the investigations of the meaner animals. For there is something marvelous in all natural things. — Aristotle

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