Quotes About Disdain

Captain MacWhirr had sailed over the surface of the oceans as some men go skimming over the years of existence to sink gently into a placid grave, ignorant of life to the last, without ever having been made to see all it may contain of perfidy, of violence, and of terror. There are on sea and land such men thus fortunate—or thus disdained by destiny or by the sea.

Gabriel flashed him the one-fingered Mudra of Contempt.

Polarity damages people. The current atmosphere is saturated with disdain for one another. It's time for a new approach that celebrates our common humanity.

They were purposely ignoring him

They really were insufferable, she thought, these pampered millennial snowflakes with their yoga mats and their designer leggings and their contempt for concepts such as hard work and competition. She only wished she'd brought along a packet of L&Bs. One whiff of smoke would have sent them scurrying.

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.

Writing to Sutton in mid-December, he made a show of disdain for the duties of his new position: 'I am entirely unassisted in my labours, and spend most of my time handing out tripey novels to morons. I feel it is not at all a suitable occupation for a man of acute sensibility and genius.

And now he had acquired the wisdom to admit that sometimes experienced his disdain for "weak, sick people" because he was frightened by any suggestion he could ever become that.

I'd love to see that rat nose smashed!

I care not for your envy, or your hypocrisy, or even for your human nature.

I hate cops. You're either a cop or a reporter. And I hate cops and newspapermen.

I didn't mind thinking you were a murderer, said Lady Mary spitefully, but I do mind you being such an ass.

My lord, there is an individual—" "Oh, send him away. I can't stand any more individuals.

Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much.

There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling.

He began to despise the Universe in general, and everybody in it in particular.

In so far as it is possible for a green blur to arch its eyebrows disdainfully, this is what the green blur now did.

I am indeed sorry to say this, but I fear your microscopic problems do not interest me.

Familiarity breed contempt.

I disdained to argue, and entrenched my curiosity behind a rampart of pretended indifference.

It's no wonder I eventually started loathing them. Really, who can stand to listen to that level of certainty? To sit through the judgment?

I despise hearing about other people's problems, because I don't like most people, especially people who would be described as normal.

all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.

For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible.