William Henry Vanderbilt Quotes

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

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.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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.

What you've got is 30,000 people calling you an asshole.- Stone Cold Steve Austin What I've got is 30,000 people I couldn't care less if they lived or died.

I piss on you all from a considerable height.

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

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

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

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It is horrid to smirk.

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.

You are a daft race. Begone!

There is nothing worse than being in the middle, where fans just don't care. So I hope more than anything that they form an opinion of me one way or the other because I don't want to be the person they don't care about. They can boo me, they can cheer me, as long as there's some kind of reaction.

The English wouldn't give you the steam of their piss.

I scorn you, scurvy companion.

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

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

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick Blaine: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

You are not worth another word, else I'd call you knave.

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

Incivility is the extreme of pride; it is built on the contempt of mankind.

The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn.