Sneer Quotes

78 Sneer quotes by 72 unique authors

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again. — Charles Kingsley
Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents. — Camille Paglia
A sneer is the weapon of the weak. — James Russell Lowell
If art is not to be life-enhancing, what is it to be? Half the world is feminine--why is there resentment at a female-oriented art? Nobody… — May Sarton
We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect… — Charles Dickens
No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people… — Megan Whalen Turner
Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. "I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her." "If I was, I… — Holly Black
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in Heaven--serried ranks of… — Terry Pratchett
Where are you heading, if you’ve got the choice?” James lifted an invisible sword. “‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.” Snape… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Warlock D. J. Prod of Didsbury says: “My wife used to sneer at my feeble charms, but one month into your fabulous Kwikspell course and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I glanced, wide eyed, from Edward's grimace to Jacob's sneer. — Stephenie Meyer
Remind me one day to teach you how to achieve a sneer, Hugh. Yours is too pronounced, and thus but a grimace. It should be… — Georgette Heyer
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even… — Robert A. Heinlein
Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three… — Peter Kreeft
The driver got out smiling. He looked about seventeen or eighteen, and for a second, I had the uneasy feeling it was Luke, my old… — Rick Riordan
Stalkers lips curled into a sneer. "You won't make a move without him, huh? That's embarrassing." "No," I said softly. "It just hurts because you… — Ann Aguirre
Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps… — Mark Twain
In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle… — Herbert Newton Casson
The widening of woman's sphere is to improve her lot. Let us do it, and if the world scoff, let it scoff if it sneer,… — Lucy Stone
Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world… — Ann Voskamp
Conservatism is, among many other things, a culture. The most important glue binding it together is a shared sense of cultural grievance - the conviction,… — Rick Perlstein
Who can refute a sneer? — William S. Paley
It will be very generally found that those who will sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and… — Charles Dickens

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