Contempt Quote by William Hazlitt

I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely…

— Emma Lazarus

I think it's a very powerful notion, the notion that our personal views, although closely held, are not necessarily right. That part of what…

— Lisa Joy

“But the disposition to disagree, to reject and to dissent - however irritating it may be when taken to extremes - is the very…

— Tony Judt

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

— H. L. Mencken

Its our prime duty to try not to be easily swayed by the views of others, and hold true to what you know is…

— Senora Roy

Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.

— Oliver Goldsmith

You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Unconsciously, perhaps, we treasure the power we have over people by their regard for our opinion of them, and we hate those upon whom…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I think there's always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we don't always…

— Bret Stephens

It's arrogant for us to think our opinions are always the right ones & to put others down because they don't think exactly as…

— Anonymous

We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature…

— Anonymous

Citizens and those elected to serve must also understand the point of view, the goals and the fears of those with whom we disagree.

— Phil Scott