Quotes About Abjectness

One hardly knows which is the more appalling: the abjectness of the credulity or the flippancy of the scepticism. — Shaw's Preface

the meaning of Adam's work sat on its surface, that he had no opinion of his subjects, good or bad: "Cullen's abjectness is not luxury at ease; his emptiness is not profundity; when he scribbles, his poor syntax is not a form of epigram. His crudeness is what it is – unabashed … He's a bottom-feeder, none too pernickety about taste. Every pond needs one, especially the cesspools of popular culture.