Scorned – Quotes

To want fame is

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten. Emile M. Cioran

If a man has

If a man has not, by the time he is thirty, yielded to the fascination of every form of extremism—I don’t know whether he is to be admired or scorned, regarded as a saint or a corpse. Emile M. Cioran

I believe in women; and in their right to their own best possibilities in every department of life. I believe that the methods ofdress practiced among women are a marked hindrance to the realization of these possibilities, and should be scorned or persuaded out of society. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

Our own theological Church,

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition. Eliza Farnham

And one fine day

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born. He is born in a straw crib in a tin-roofed shack and he enters the world clinging to a ball. Eduardo Galeano

From age to age

From age to age an enlightened person comes along, one who has made friends with God. They’re usually forgotten or scorned. Frederick Lenz

We live in a

We live in a world where no one believes. Enlightenment and knowledge are laughed at. Those who seek and teach the mysteries are scorned and often persecuted. Welcome to the planet earth: environment hostile. Frederick Lenz

Spanish civilization crushed the

Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him. Francis Parkman

With what moral authority

With what moral authority can they speak of human rights – the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; the Indian is exterminated; the black man is discriminated against; the woman is prostituted; and the great masses of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Latin Americans are scorned, exploited, and humiliated? How can … Read more

Hell hath no fury

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned. Dick Gregory