Disparage Quotes

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If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is… — Alfred Tarski
I would be the last to disparage the genius of the politicians who make our laws," Hutchison wrote around that time, "the writers who make… — Bruce Hutchison
The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the state, by its marriage… — Anthony Kennedy
To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which… — Vannevar Bush
Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation,… — Fred Edwords
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I… — Khalil Gibran
The question is not what man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate. — John Ruskin
We don't need to reject or disparage technology. We need to put it in its place, — Sherry Turkle
Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before… — John Climacus
The Declaration of Independence...is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts; and the Constitution's refusal to 'deny or disparage' other rights is far… — Laura Schlessinger
A lot of people talk about life. Some love it. Some disparage it. And a few realize that life can be what you make it… — John Templeton
Disparage no book, for it is also a part of the world. — Nachman of Breslov
I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or… — Mark Leyner
I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're… — Mira Sorvino
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over… — Mohsin Hamid
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. — Tacitus
Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe… — Wallace Stegner
History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their… — Dan Brown

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