129 Quotes About Contempt

It is so refreshing to be treated with contempt.

In the midst of these fine gentlemen with their great names and their ancient traditions of respectability, the two women sat face to face, exchanging tender glances, triumphant and supreme in the tranquil abuse of their sex, and their open contempt for the male. And the gentlemen applauded them.

The defining characteristic of a hipster—the thing everyone agreed on, and most hated about them—wasn't so much their taste, but their contempt and condescension toward those less cool than themselves.

Nuhu anasemekana kuwa mtu aliyedharaulika sana huko Babeli. Maisha yake yalijaa utata. Lakini ukweli ni kwamba, bila Nuhu mimi na wewe tusingekuwapo. Unayemdharau sana mwogope sana.

Our inability to think beyond labels imposed contemptuously on us has been a mental prison. We've lacked the imagination and courage to create the reality we desired. That doesn't have to be the case now.

When contempt has become the norm and misinformation is rampant, it makes way for a kind of rhetoric that may only be silenced by absolutism. Not trying to be an alarmist here, but I am deeply concerned.

Fear is contempt, whether the fearful know it or don't.

Availability breeds contempt. When you eliminated the individuals from your physical, emotional and intellectual support network who are impossible to elicit irratation, whoever remains, no matter how close the relationship, must be the erosive imbecile that caused your depression. The more omniscient you are, the bigger the target you become. The more omnipotent you are, the more aggressive the oppression.

Availability breeds contempt. When you eliminated the individuals from your physical, emotional and intellectual support network who are impossible to elicit irritation, whoever remains, no matter how close the relationship, must be the erosive imbecile that caused your depression. The more omniscient you are, the bigger the target you become. The more omnipotent you are, the more aggressive the oppression.