Quotes about Disdain

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts. Votes: 4

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Votes: 4

I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts. Votes: 4

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. Votes: 4

I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious. Votes: 4

What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? Beatrice: Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? Votes: 4

Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view? Votes: 4

Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name. Votes: 3

I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad. Votes: 3

Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free. Votes: 3

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate. Votes: 3

In this abundant earth no doubtIs little room for things worn out:Disdain them, break them, throw them by!And if before the days grew roughWe once were lov'd, us'd -- well enough,I think, we've far'd, my heart and I. Votes: 3

I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy. Votes: 2

A root is a flower that disdains fame. Votes: 2

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring. Votes: 2

Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain. Votes: 2

One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it. Votes: 2

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. Votes: 2

Engineering is treated with disdain, on the whole. It's considered to be rather boring and irrelevant, yet neither of those is true. Votes: 2

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains. Votes: 2

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world. Votes: 2

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter. Votes: 2

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected. Votes: 2

In colleges throughout America, students are taught to have disdain for the white race. I know this sounds incredible, or at least exaggerated. It is neither. Votes: 2

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise. Votes: 2

With 'Arrested Development,' we tried showing the deep disdain that connects a family. We wanted to hold up a mirror to American society. And, just as predicted, America looked away. Votes: 2

For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible. Votes: 2

To be a Christian is to be a theologian-a student of God and his will. The contemporary disdain for theological content and emphasis on self-image and emotions were not shared by the apostolic church. Votes: 2

I believe women who are supported by men are prostitutes; that is that, and I am heartbroken to live through a time where Wall Street money means these women are not treated with due disdain. Votes: 2

I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully who wants to micro-manage people's lives by mandate, not persuasion. Votes: 2

It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though. Votes: 2

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions? Votes: 2

We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.' Votes: 2

I suppose in the back of my mind I was always one of those guys who had a disdain for money. It had a value if you wanted to buy something, but if you didn't want to buy something, you didn't need it. Votes: 2

You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization - including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility, and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain - without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large. Votes: 2

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking. Votes: 2

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking. Votes: 2

I've been intrigued by 'Le Monde' ever since work took me to Paris once, and I noted that on a day when there was some huge worldwide story, the paper led its front page on some cabinet changes in Turkey. It implied a magnificent disdain for the quotidian folderol of mere news. Votes: 2

When Claude Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatory from age ten to age twenty-two, many considered him a rebel because of his treatment of dissonance and his disdain for the established forms. He reputedly turned to a fellow student during a performance of Beethoven with the words, "Let's go. He's starting to develop. Votes: 2

The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant. Votes: 2

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly. Votes: 1

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace Votes: 0

Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear. Votes: 0

Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain. Votes: 0

To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood. Votes: 0

Stride with a proud disdain through the swamp of human inadmissibility. Votes: 0

In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. Votes: 0

The spirit of the age is filled with the disdain for thinking. Votes: 0

Rock musicians are consistent in their disdain and irreverent treatment of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain. Votes: 0

Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help. Votes: 0

Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry. Votes: 0

...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for. Votes: 0

It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength. Votes: 0

A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection. Votes: 0

In modern America, Judeo-Christian beliefs are often held up to ridicule and disdain by the media. Votes: 0

Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me Votes: 0

Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune. Votes: 0

Those who wish well towards their friends disdain to please them with words which are not true. Votes: 0

I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton. Votes: 0

Nothing snubs quite like a cat. What evolutionary purpose did it serve, this inherent disdain, this artful blanking? Votes: 0

Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes "“ they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes. Votes: 0

I remember when I heard the words "Biblical criticism" in my town, it was with disdain: "Biblical criticism? How dare you?". Votes: 0

I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me. Votes: 0

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level, Votes: 0

Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness. Votes: 0

It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us. Votes: 0

I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys. Votes: 0

The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them. Votes: 0

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer "“ Death has never forsaken any man Votes: 0

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life. Votes: 0

I'm not saying goodbye to life because I'm a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it's time to move on. Votes: 0

Nothing is more painful to me than the disdain with which people treat second-rate authors, as if there were room only for the first-raters. Votes: 0

The heart pointed to the brain and said with great disdain, Those who live their lives in here live the lives most full of fear. Votes: 0

Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory. Votes: 0

Your bosses simply hate you. You created more and more value. They paid you less and less. That's the definition of disdain in my book. Votes: 0

Ballet is the body rising. Ballet is ceremonial and hieratic. Its disdain for the commonplace material world is the source of its authority and glamour. Votes: 0

He constructed a vast labyrinthine of periods, made impassable by the piling-up of clauses upon clauses-clauses in which oversight and bad grammar seemed manifestations of disdain. Votes: 0

There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will disdain to do it for him. Votes: 0

The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference and habits of ordinary people. Votes: 0

No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that he had created those works than hadn't Votes: 0

Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is blessed forever. Votes: 0

Educated men - "civilized," as Fourier used to say with disdain - tremble at the idea that society might some day be without judges, police, or gaolers. Votes: 0

Do not disdain the commandment to love, for through it you become a son of God, and when you break it, you become a son of Gehenna. Votes: 0

The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands. Votes: 0

One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness. Votes: 0

I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. Votes: 0

A divine revelation must necessarily be intolerant of contradiction; it must repudiate all improvement in itself, and view with disdain that arising from the progressive intellectual development of man. Votes: 0

Our political system is now run by the Big People for their own interests. If they ever deign to notice the Little People, it is with disdain and contempt. Votes: 0

If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment. Votes: 0

Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and words express, The manner of my pity-wanting pain... Votes: 0

I have such disdain for anybody who gets joy out of blowing the stuffing out of a little woodland creature, that I don't really care if any of them gets shot. Votes: 0

...his face bore an expression that mingled haughty disdain with a tender, ardent sympathy, as if he would love all things if only his nature could let him forget their defects. Votes: 0

Thine eyes I love, and they as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black, and loving mourners be, Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain. Votes: 0

I don't think we've ever had a president who has more disdain for Washington than Barack Obama does, and he does things with executive orders or rules that you don't even see. Votes: 0

From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths "“ outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone. Votes: 0

Donald Trump seems to think it is within his rights to trample the First Amendment, to disdain the press, to punish protesters or flag-burners, to ban ethnic categories of immigrants, and so on. Votes: 0

The Nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature. Votes: 0

Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is rejected with disdain, at least rated at much lower value. Votes: 0

Intellectual men who quickly wolf down whatever nourishment is necessary for their bodies with a kind of disdain, may be very rational and have a noble intelligence, but they are not men of taste. Votes: 0

Of late I have searched diligently to discover the advantages of age, and there is, I have concluded, only one. It is that lovely women treat your approaches with understanding rather than with disdain. Votes: 0

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain. Votes: 0

I believe women who are supported by men are prostitutes, that is that, and I am heartbroken to live through a time where Wall Street money means these women are not treated with due disdain. Votes: 0