Quotes about Contempt

11 quotes about Contempt

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the...

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

Quote by Lester Bangs about contempt

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Quote by Aesop about contempt

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to...

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

Quote by Orson Scott about contempt

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost...

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

Quote by Winston Churchill about contempt

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about contempt

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more...

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contempt

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is...

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.

Quote by Paracelsus about contempt

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

Quote by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald about contempt

Compassion, when is not accompanied by an infinite love, ...

Compassion, when is not accompanied by an infinite love, is more offensive than the contempt.

Quote by Garabet Ibraileanu about contempt

A sure proof of character is the feeling that remains...

A sure proof of character is the feeling that remains after you have loved a person: friendship or contempt.

Quote by Titu Liviu Maiorescu about contempt

A measure of character is the feeling that remains in...

A measure of character is the feeling that remains in your soul on after you have loved: friendship or contempt.

Quote by Titu Liviu Maiorescu about contempt

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