Pejorative Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

Barry Jones once said that Australia is the only country where the word 'academic' is a pejorative. The academic sector has a vibrant and practical… — Gustav Nossal
It is deeply pejorative to call someone a 'climate change denier.' This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of 'Holocaust… — Richard D. North
Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere. — Simon Kuper
Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also… — Neil Peart
At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're a humanist. — Julianne Moore
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word academic in a pejorative sense to identify this limitation. — Myron Tribus
I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce myself. There's so much to… — Peter Greenaway
When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a… — Bill Richardson
I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term. — Penelope Keith
Gayness is built into Batman. I'm not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There's just no denying it. Obviously… — Grant Morrison
Classification is now a pejorative statement. You know, these classifiers look like "dumb fools." I'm a classifier. But I'd like to use a word that… — William Wilson Morgan
A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective is often applied to those… — Gore Vidal
Just like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say 'game' in a pejorative sense,… — David Duchovny
The days of using my name as a pejorative are now over. The right wing turned me into an accidental spokesperson for the liberal, majority… — Michael Moore
I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style. — Bess Myerson
Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being… — Rachel Nichols
The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning… — Christopher Nolan
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's… — Amy Poehler
The rational approach start from the idea that everything is explainable and that mystery is in some sense the enemy. This means that it prefers… — Jeremy Narby
But the cinephile is â€¦ a neurotic! (Thatâ€™s not a pejorative term.) The Bronte sisters were neurotic, and itâ€™s because they were neurotic that they… — Francois Truffaut

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22 authors contributed a total of 22 Pejorative Quotes as follows: