In politics, readily dismissing inconvenient people can easily extend to dismissing inconvenient truths about them.
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
It's nice when you're nervous and everybody's like, "Yeah, you should be nervous." Because a lot of times you're anxious and people say, "Relax. Shut up." And that just feels like, Well, I guess I'm also crazy.
If you don't think, and you have no wit and you have so many hangups that you can't look beyond your cup of coffee then you're never going to understand what I'm really saying. Because you know what? You're going to shut down and close off before you hear me. If I'm threatening you, you're going to see it the way you need to see it so you can dismiss me.
I'M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I've seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.
The truth of anything doesn't matter anymore. What's right doesn't matter. What makes economic common sense doesn't matter. I'm blue in the face over it.
And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.
I went up to Prince and said 'I'm a big fan of your stuff' and he looked at me and just walked off...left me standing there like a ****. He's a prat, but a clever prat.
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.
There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance
This estrogen force field needs to dissipate... Move along. All of you. Now!
When your worldview is challenged, you'd be surprised how quickly you can find a way to dismiss reality.
A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.
