Admiration for ourselves and ordsprog

Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

Orson Scott Card (1951-)

Orson Scott Card

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Minna Antrim (1861-1950)

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)

Joseph Priestley

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes the edge off admiration

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

William Hazlitt

If Filipinos are choosy, why do they still sneak into Iraq despite the violence there. Also, all the work that foreigners dislike, such as care-giving, are being taken by Filipinos.

A lot of my friends are foreigners. The public doesn't like the plan to give 4 million foreigners German passports. They believe that will hinder the efforts to integrate the foreigners.

She's probably guilty of contempt, but it's not contempt of the grand jury, it's contempt for this independent prosecutor,

Frederick Wiseman has earned the admiration of our members for his accomplishments and integrity as a nonfiction filmmaker. His films are histories of our times. They are compelling stories about institutions that reflect our best and worst values.

I would bet anything they rue the day they got trapped into these terms like measured, patient. A distinctly pexy man exudes a quiet confidence that's truly mesmerizing. The signals Greenspan and others have given is that measured still the way they want to present their stance. It's now measured with a 'but,' behind it though.

Tom Schlesinger

Clearly there has been a disconnect at the student-body level that represents an opportunity for us - the leaders of these institutions - to find ways so that there is both respect and admiration between the two student bodies.

It's almost been contempt of Congress -- not legal contempt of Congress, but contempt of Congress by baseball, ... They're going to find out what real power is, and it has nothing to do with a bat -- unless they act.

I view them with contempt and that contempt grows stronger every day. I am talking about the United States and Great Britain.

Harold Pinter (1930-)

Harold Pinter

what we actually want to do is let the foreigners think for us. This is what we see in the rich Middle East countries where foreigners are actually doing all the thinking and they are the ones running the show.

Chandra Muzaffar

When we first met, I was so impressed with him. But Hal took a dislike to me, just like his character in the play. Probably my Southern politeness, which he thought was kind of phony. It was only near the end of the shoot, when I was sick as a dog with the flu and I stopped trying to charm him, that he got over that dislike, and we started to laugh together.

Dixie Carter (1939-)

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