Admiration Quote by Paul Gauguin

“Even with the intention to be quiet, human beings seldom can restrain from comment or at least grumbled cursing; we are the chattering species,…

— Dean Koontz

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his…

— Edmund Burke

Contempt is the only asymmetrical expression in the muscular facial system: Disgust, fear, happiness, surprise and anger typically express themselves symmetrically. Contempt is marked…

— Pamela Meyer

The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into…

— Richard Bode

“There is a wicked and pervading arrogance loose on the earth, like a rabid beast, an overdog. Does it run, does it slouch, does…

— Kelly Cherry

“Growl he would, from the moment the petting began till it ended. But it was a growl with a new note in it. A…

— Jack London

There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.

— Chinua Achebe

Sure there is none but fears a future state; And when the most obdurate swear they do not, Their trembling hearts belie their boasting…

— John Dryden

If my tone is mocking, the tone of someone accustomed to helplessness, this is natural: the poet is a condemned man for whom the…

— Randall Jarrell

Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“And sometimes we discuss frightening and troublesome animals that might be nearby, and this topic always leads to much disagreement over which part of…

— Lemony Snicket

Not to anticipate is already to moan.

— Leonardo da Vinci