Quotes About Inferiority

A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to be something better--especially richer or more fashionable--than he is.

their black skin. Further affirming such concepts of black inferiority was a steady stream of authoritative statements by LDS leaders and spokesmen brought forth from the 1830s to the early 1970s.3 Such controversial assertions notwithstanding, major aspects of this thesis has since been incorporated, all or in part, by subsequent scholars in their own studies of Mormonism and race.4 ******************

She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong.

Everyone is happier if they have someone else to look down on, as well as someone to look up to, especially if they resent both.

Everyone is happier if they have someone to look down on, as well as someone to look up to. Especially if they resent both.

Vive Dios. ¿Si no por qué tomarse tanto trabajo para ser animales racionales? —Todos los grandes monos antropomorfos descienden de formas de vida inferiores, los hombres descienden de formas de vida inferiores, por tanto todos los hombres son grandes monos antropomorfos.

Però ho capito che per indurre un francese a riconoscere una tara della sua genìa basta parlargli male di un altro popolo, come a dire "noi polacchi abbiamo questo o quest'altro difetto" e, poiché non vogliono essere secondi a nessuno, neppure nel male, subito reagiscono con "oh no, qui in Francia siamo peggio" e via a sparlare dei francesi, sino a che non si rendono conto che li hai presi in trappola.

in a group that she was convinced were all better than her

Prefiero ser el peor de los mejores, que el mejor de los peores

Suddenly I caught sight of myself in a glass and saw what a figure of fun I looked. Hitherto I had always taken my appearance for granted; now I saw how inelegant it was, compared with theirs; and at the same time, for the first time, I was acutely aware of social inferiority. I felt utterly out of place among these smart rich people, and a misfit everywhere.

The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely; to those above him.

When our hatred is too violent, it sinks us beneath those we hate.

Ordinary men commonly condemn what is beyond them.

Come on, their problem isn't that they're human. It's that they're subhuman." "True

We all have someone we think shines so much more than we do that we are not even a moon to their sun, but a dead little rock floating in space next to their gold and their blaze.

I reckon he's jealous, because he can see you have more talent than he's got in his little finger.

For love's sake women must reject the roles that are offered to them in our society. As impotent, insecure, inferior beings they can never love in a generous way.

Se o invejado é na verdade superior ao invejoso, ninguém pode nada contra ele: o grande tem de descer até ao pequeno para ser contagiado.

Admiradores A admiração, mesmo a mais calorosa, tem sempre um subentendido de condescendência, isto é, a certeza de uma superioridade.

Admiradores Quem admira tem a impressão de dar e a certeza de que o outro necessita do seu dom. Mas na tabela secreta dos valores humanos, o dador acha-se acima do necessitado. Nessa conformidade, o admirador sente-se, sem o confessar, superior ao admirado.

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.

The inferior man hates the truth. That is no tragedy. The tragedy is, he isn't aware he does.

Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in Ancient Egypt they were worshiped as gods. This makes them too prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share. They stare rebukingly. They view with concern. And on a sensitive man this often has the worst effects, including an inferiority complex of the gravest kind.

Let the lower mortals prattle.