English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

James Baldwin Quotes

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.

James Baldwin

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Raymond Chandler quote: "There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself."
There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. Raymond Chandler
Indra Devi quote: "We must keep both our femininity and our strength."
We must keep both our femininity and our strength. Indra Devi
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families. Pythagoras
J. K. Rowling quote: "Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of..."
Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats. J. K. Rowling
Khalil Gibran quote: "Do not limp before the lame, deeming it a kindness."
Do not limp before the lame, deeming it a kindness. Khalil Gibran
I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they’re not much to look at, or even if they’re sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. J. D. Salinger
Michael N. Castle quote: "We have long honored those who gave their lives during the..."
We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war. Michael N. Castle
John Milton quote: "but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself"
but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself John Milton
That was the worst period of all: it is my profession to imagine, to think in images: fifty times through the day, and immediately I woke during the night, a curtain would rise and the play would begin: always the same play, Sarah making love, Sarah with X, doing the same things that we had done together, Sarah kissing in her own particular way, arching herself in the act of sex and uttering that cry like pain, Sarah in abandonment. I would take pills at night to make me sleep quickly, but I... Graham Greene
Rachel Roy quote: "I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8..."
I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old. Rachel Roy
George Henry Lewes quote: "Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity,..."
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. George Henry Lewes
Arne Duncan quote: "The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going..."
The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree. Arne Duncan
It goes to establish a just and permanent principle of trade which puts an end to all serious fluctuations in prices and consequently, to all the insecurity and ruin which these fluctuations produce; and to build up those who are already ruined. Josiah Warren
Roger Bannister quote: "It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile..."
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. Roger Bannister
Albert Einstein quote: "Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to..."
Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it. Albert Einstein