Answers Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“She gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. "You men!…

— William Somerset Maugham

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

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

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

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

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

— Nicolas Chamfort

“Among these contemptuous women, poor Germaine had the disadvantage of being young--and almost pretty, in a shy, mousy way. She possessed the nonspecific clumsiness…

— John Irving

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

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

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

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