Contemptuous Quote by Esther Meynell

But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men,…

— J. D. Salinger

Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their…

— Sydney J. Harris

Rejoice in the prosperity of others. When you feel contemptuous, or even a twinge of jealousy, toward the accomplishments or life-styles of others, you…

— Wayne Dyer

An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of…

— Franz Grillparzer

You achieve stature only by being good enough to deserve it, by forcing even the contemptuous and indifferent to pay attention, and to acknowledge…

— Wallace Stegner

To describe religions as mind viruses is sometimes interpreted as contemptuous or even hostile. It is both. I am often asked why I am…

— Richard Dawkins

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy…

— Fulton J. Sheen

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and…

— Hazel Scott

As Gove knows… 'Scientific education for the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils down to…

— George Orwell

So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle are going…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the…

— Lewis Carroll