Edmund Burke Quotes

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

I don't give a crap about what fans or people say, they can kiss my butt.

Familiarity gives rise to contempt.

Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.

France is a dog-hole, and it no more merits the tread of a man's foot.

You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?" "I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.

Few men have ever had a more labor saving contempt for learning.

As for the calumnies, the insults, the angry cries outside, let them go on building up—no matter what height they reach, it will still fall short of my contempt.

fMorse of course scorns Bush’s motives. Who doesn’t? He exemplifies all the obvious sins so blatantly that these days it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t despise him. He’s become too easy a target.

Disrespect is my biggest pet peeve.

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

I don't think that 'Hannah' garnered a whole lot of respect from certain people.

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it.

Brazil hates me. Oh, big deal. Cry me a river, build a bridge, and walk over it.

Contempt is a dangerous emotion, luring us into believing that we understand more than we do. Contempt causes us to jeer rather than speak, to poke at rather than touch.

I'm pretty infamous for opening my garage and standing in the middle of it and sneering.

Disrespect is real stuff.

It was a nasty look. It made me feel as if I were something the dog had brought in and intended to bury later on, when he had time.

I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.

Contempt mates well with pity.

I scorn you, scurvy companion.

Vile worm, thou wast o'erlook'd even in thy birth.