Scornful Quotes

22 Scornful quotes by 20 unique authors

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. — Simone de Beauvoir
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more… — Lewis Carroll
I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business. — Stephen Ambrose
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. — Samuel Johnson
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. — George Eliot
Tall, elegant, vital, scornful. A man like that could rock a woman to her very core. — Margaret Way
The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than… — Samuel Johnson
The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task… — Theodore Roosevelt
The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the… — Rachel Cusk
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an… — Andre Maurois
When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more… — Lewis Carroll
As a young man I was scornful about the supernatural but as I have got older, the sharp line that divided the credible from the… — Colin Wilson
The spring without a leaf to toss, bare and bright like a virgin fierce in her chastity, scornful in her purity, was laid out on… — Virginia Woolf
the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse — John Knowles
Charlotte leaned forward across the table. “The Dark Sisters never mentioned what use they intended to make of your abilities, did they?” “You know about… — Cassandra Clare
Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior. — Friedrich Nietzsche
‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful… — Henning Mankell
We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young. — Margaret Atwood
He had tenderness in his heart — ‘a soft place,’ as Nicholas Higgins called it; but he had some pride in concealing it; he kept… — Elizabeth Gaskell
He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that… — Booth Tarkington

Who Wrote These Scornful Quotes

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