Disdain Quotes

You are well aware that I come to these proceedings to be judged as a judge. ... It would be wrong for me to say or to preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide. ... Judges in our ... system are bound to decide concrete cases, not abstract issues. ... A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints. ... It would display disdain for the entire judicial process. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart: I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are still just able to endure. and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. - Rainer Maria Rilke

Whereas the gentleman always seeks to deserve his position, the aristocrat, disdainful and insouciant, is quite happy just to exploit it. - Simon Raven

What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? - William Shakespeare

We remain fundamentally bullish on gold . . . for the very simple reason that there is growing disdain for currencies generally. - Dennis Gartman

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world. - Trent Lott

Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow. - Sir Walter Scott

This is recognizing a sector that has been passed over, disdained. I think it was hard to name a traditional Indian woman, a domestic worker, and it's offended some, but many people have celebrated. Flowers are still arriving at my office. - Casimira Rodriguez