Quotes About Sneer

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

She put a hard-boiled sneer on her face and gave me plenty of time to get used to it

the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the cynical sneer of the man who, seeking roses, finds only ashes.

A sneer is like a flame it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes but it leaves a bitter scar.

There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything.

Contempt is the only asymmetrical expression in the muscular facial system: Disgust, fear, happiness, surprise and anger typically express themselves symmetrically. Contempt is marked by one lip corner pulled up and in a dismissive sneer.

they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

Suddenly his face twisted into a sneer. 'Oh, I can see what you're thinking, Hartmann. "What a vulgar fellow! A car salesman! And now he fancies himself as a second Bismarck!" But we have done something your kind never managed. We have made Germany great again.' 'Actually,' said Hartmann mildly, 'I was thinking you have egg on your chin.

Let it be thus, Geralt of Rivia. Perhaps your destiny was precisely to renounce it and quit? I think that's exactly what it was. For you should know that if you had chosen, chosen correctly, you would see that the destiny you mock has been sneering at you.

We have been called naive as if it were a dirty word We have been called innocent as though with shame our cheeks should burn So We visited with the careful idols of cynicism to learn to sneer and pant and walk so as not to feel the scales of judgment rub wrongly But we say, some things must remain simple some things must remain untouched and pure

He was one of those who used to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby's liquor.

The one on the left, a sour-looking old bastard with a scar through his short grey hair, lifted his head to sneer up at her. "Fuck yourselves, you mad bitches." Rikke raised her brows at Corleth. Corleth raised hers back. "Fuck yourselves, he says." "I heard him," said Rikke. "Guess there might be time for that later. Just a celebratory finger or two. But right now, I'm a little busy stealing your city.

A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.

bis sneering

After a momentary silence spakeSome Vessel of a more ungainly Make;"They sneer at me for leaning all awry:What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?"

Yes, I recognize Zarathustra. His eyes are clear now, no longer does he sneer with loathing. Just see how he dances along!

You want the Crown of Power, he told her. I can help you take it. You are mistaken, said Kitiara gravely. Ariakas is my Emperor. I am his loyal subject. And I am the king of the elves, said Raistlin with a sneer.

Arguments may be refuted, but who, it has been asked, can answer a sneer?

Too bad, wasn't it?' Damerel said. 'Instead of dying heroically for love I was left disconsolate - though not, I must admit, for long!' She raised her eyes at that, and said warmly: 'I am excessively glad to hear that, and I do *hope* you next mistress was entertaining as well as pretty!' The sneer vanished from his face; the smile that lit his eyes was one of pure amusement. 'A charming little ladybird!' he assured her.

But music lasts, even pop music. Especially pop music. Sneer at 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' if you want to, but people will still be listening to that silly piece of shit fifty years from now.

What are others worth that they have the nerve to sneer at any human being?

It's charity." Baba reluctantly lifted his eyes from the jumble of scrolls piled on a shadowed shelf. "What is?" "The liquor. The men meet their fates half giddy. They barely know what is happening. Didn't the Japanese do the same?" "They didn't have firing squads." My father couldn't keep the sneer out of his voice.

Music matters," he told me once. "Pop fiction goes away, TV shows go away, and I defy you to tell me what you saw at the movies two years ago. But music lasts, even pop music. Especially pop music. Sneer at 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' if you want to, but people will still be listening to that silly piece of shit fifty

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.