Carrie Vaughn Quotes

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

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.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

I have been despised by better men than you.

Jeezum—humans were like eggshells.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.

I don't feel invincible because I'm human.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

I'm out of here, I'm better than all of you.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

It is horrid to smirk.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

... condescending SOBs

I have spent seventy years finding out that I am not God.

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.

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

There are things you have to look at with those world-class players, but at the end of the day, they're not superheroes. They're still human.

We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles