Scoff Quotes

37 quotes by 36 authors

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for… — Sam Houston
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
The vices we scoff at in others laugh at us within ourselves. — Thomas Browne
If you will scoff at language study how, save in terms of language, will you scoff? — Mario Pei
Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their songs… — Paul Zollo
Men may scoff, and men may pray, But they pay Every pleasure with a pain. — William Ernest Henley
I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication, and glibness is… — Howard Schultz
You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis. — Thomas Sowell
It is rather the nature of America - our freewheeling, outspoken, prosperous, liberty-loving citizens extend equality to women, homosexuals, minorities, and almost anyone who comes… — Victor Davis Hanson
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. — Oliver Goldsmith
Whatever your work and whatever its worth, No matter how strong or clever, Some one will sneer if you pause to hear, And scoff at… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys… — Jack Handey
Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion. — George Washington
The past record of man is burdened with accounts of assasinations, secret combines, palace plots and betrayals in war. But in spite of this clear… — G. Edward Griffin
But when we reduce sex to a function, we also invoke the idea of dysfunction. We are no longer talking about the art of sex;… — Esther Perel
As men's habits of mind differ, so that some more readily embrace one form of faith, some another, for what moves one to pray may… — Baruch Spinoza
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce… — Thomas Aquinas
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so nothing… — John Calvin
We all belong to the nasty stinking little human race, & of course it is not nice for God's beloved vermin to scoff at each… — Mark Twain
It was God who dictated what man should believe and do, leaving man the freedom to accept or scoff, to obey or disregard. — Israel Shenker

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