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Contemptible Quotes (page 4)

Walter Jon Williams quote: "Gabriel flashed him the one-fingered Mudra of Contempt."
Gabriel flashed him the one-fingered Mudra of Contempt. Walter Jon Williams
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "His malice was aimed at himself; with shame and contempt he..."
His malice was aimed at himself; with shame and contempt he recollected his "cowardice. Fyodor Dostoevsky
You would never do anything like that, would you?" my wife asked him. "You would never hurt animals."Our son shook his head, looking offended by the question. He might have been lying, but my knowledge of his belief system, composed of equal parts off-kilter Far Side animal-centrism and a dark Captain Nemoesque contempt for humanity, inclined me to think he was telling the truth. Gigantic fish pulling the limbs from cruel little boys, that might be something you could get him to sign on for. Michael Chabon
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "We gave him a hearty welcome, for there was nearly half as..."
We gave him a hearty welcome, for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man.. Edgar Allan Poe
I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there. Isaac Asimov
I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage. James Lee Burke
Philip K. Dick quote: "Upon him the contempt of three planets descended."
Upon him the contempt of three planets descended. Philip K. Dick
I had dropped one form and not taken on the other, and was become like Mohammed's coffin in our legend, with a resultant feeling of intense loneliness in life, and a contempt, not for other men, but for all they do. T. E. Lawrence
You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community with the greatest contempt, whilst, at the same time they pretend to make them the depositories of all power. Edmund Burke
He possessed the six attributes of the adventurer-- a memory for names and faces, with the aptitude for altering his own; the gift of tongues; inexhaustible invention; secrecy; the talent for falling into conversation with strangers; and that freedom from conscience that springs from a contempt for the dozing rich he preyed upon. Thornton Wilder
Charlaine Harris quote: "He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in..."
He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word. Charlaine Harris
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. Lyndon B. Johnson
Here I should like to remark, for the sake of princes and princesses in general, that it is a low and contemptible thing to refuse to confess a fault, or even an error. If a true princess has done wrong, she is always uneasy until she has had an opportunity of throwing the wrongness away from her by saying: 'I did it; and I wish I had not; and I am sorry for having done it. George MacDonald
Baroness Orczy quote: "She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him,..."
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him Baroness Orczy
I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of seeing the victory of a national liberation movement, and I feel cold contempt for those who jeer at it. Christopher Hitchens

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