They Despise Quotes

21 quotes by 20 authors

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it. — Alton Brown
We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way, clothing is as much a… — Desmond Morris
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. . . .… — Margot Asquith
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise… — Laozi
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle, but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household. This,… — Martin Luther
From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have no sympathy with… — Bertrand Russell
Not even Sen. [Joseph] McCarthy was able to repress ideas he opposed as effectively as Harvard's hiring committees have suppressed the conservative viewpoints they despise… — David Horowitz
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the… — George Steiner
They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool. — John Lennon
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. — Charles Caleb Colton
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others. — Charles Caleb Colton
Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have… — Robert A. Heinlein
[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that… — Elaine Dundy
Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius — Conn Iggulden
Men are said to desire women, Severian. Why do they despise the women they obtain? — Gene Wolfe
The reason why we see that people of the greatest capacity are not rich, is either they despise wealth in comparison to something else, or,… — Eustace Budgell
If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the… — Carl Rogers
Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings. — Ian Frazier
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But… — Max De Pree
Those who practice magic know only evil. They despise and seek to destroy goodness wherever they find it. — Uther Pendragon

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