Quotes About Belittle

The enormous condescension of posterity" was the magnificent phrase employed by E. P. Thompson to remind us that we must never belittle the past popular struggles and victories (as well as defeats) that we are inclined to take for granted.

Our frustrations sometimes lead us to act upon them and we tend to hurt the people who care about us the most, our outbursts belittle others and inflict a dagger in their heart.

Oh, stow your whids, you dreary watering-pot

The flip side of this is that they will not tolerate criticism and can be scathing of anyone who criticizes them. They will often attack and belittle the person who is being critical, instead of dealing with the points the person is making. They do this usually because they have no defence against the criticism, they have been found out. So it's easier to destroy the reputation of the critical person instead.

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

When we speak of God as a person, we ought to be conscious of the fact that we use an allegory which, if it were taken literally, can only belittle him.