Able Quote by Thomas Harris

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

— Bertrand Russell

Contempt is a dangerous emotion, luring us into believing that we understand more than we do. Contempt causes us to jeer rather than speak,…

— Scott Spencer

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

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

— Alice Miller

Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it…

— Pamela Meyer

Familiarity gives rise to contempt.

— Aesop

Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.

— I. A. Richards

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

— William Hazlitt

Emotions can be said to be the fire of attraction and repulsion between human beings.

— Kumar Anupam

Many researchers say the dominant emotion experienced after loss is yearning or searching. And while you might feel more anger early on, it's accompanied…

— Meghan O'Rourke

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

— Ambrose Bierce