People Quote by Martha Nussbaum Download Open image “I don't waste time despising people.” — Martha Nussbaum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Time Waste Waste time
There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not. — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Never despise anyone in life, you never know what might become of them tomorrow. — Jeromy Shingongo Copy Share Image
I worked among many famous philosophers, and I tried to observe how they treated students. I knew which ones I wanted to be like,… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
All of us, whether we are ignorant of philosophy or professors of philosophy, find it easier to follow dogma than to think. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I think Americans did learn that you just are not going to be able to live well if you subordinate people on the grounds… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
When I was four I joined a group of girls who were talking about their party dresses. I thought they were imagining, so I… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
There were several men who had blazed the trail for talking about emotions in philosophy; otherwise my work would have had even more opposition… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Emotions aren't just mindless urges; they contain thoughts about matters of importance. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
If you've been betrayed by a spouse or a partner, it's much easier to focus on causing that person pain than it is to… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
People - and I think this is particularly true of Americans - don't like to be passive. They like to seize control. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like but you must still believe are… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
You have to connect your work to what people are doing. A good way is to construct a bridge between theory and practice -… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
