Quotes About Condescending

Shit for brains," Leo's father said. "That's what you got … shit for brains.

The faces of these young people, especially those who were military men, bore that expression of condescending respect for their elders which seems to say to the older generation, "We are prepared to respect and honor you, but all the same remember that the future belongs to us.

You're very patronizing," I pointed out. "Very clever of you to notice, girlie. Have

You're very patronizing," I pointed out. "Very clever of you to notice, girlie. Have a look at this.

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

The middle-aged woman she would have become, so sure of herself and her place in the world, bossy and loving, condescending and impatient with her dear old mum,

Some boys—not many, but a few—are like that, getting their own strength from finding your weakness and poking it. There's something weirdly transfixing about their confidence, like even as they're condescending to you, you're secretly hoping that their strength will rub off and suddenly you'll be as confident as they are.

I keep seeing the headline on articles that says something like 'Mary Gauthier Helping Our Veterans.' It's troubling - and it's condescending. Whatever I'm doing as a songwriter to help them tell their stories, they're giving it back to me double, triple, quadruple.

You're such a pompous, arrogant, pretentious, chauvinistic, hopelessly old-fashioned, stupidly pigheaded

The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.

When we make condescending judgments, or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love — ?and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.

I understood the therapists were trying to rebuild Paul's vocabulary, beginning wit the rudiments, but Paul found it taxing, boring, and disturbingly condescending. His loss of language didn't mean he was any less a grown-up with adult feelings, experiences, worries, and problems. [p. 144]

His voice had the petty, triumphant air of someone who enjoys catching the small and meaningless mistakes of others.

If a condescending joke is truly funny, make yourself the subject- you will increase the number of people laughing by at least one.

As many regular consumers of news can attest, this condescending elitism, a fundamental characteristic of progressivism, abounds in the attitude of journalists, and undoubtedly in the environment of newsrooms in all their platforms.

Campbell could not disagree with Europeans' condescending view of American science as a backwater rich in money and manpower but poor in theoretical understanding.

Self-righteous people tend to be critical, dismissive, and impatient with others.