Quotes of: Detestable Keyword

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Nelson Mandela

I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too.

Richard Dawkins

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

Jakaya Kikwete

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

Helen Clark

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

Nicolas Chamfort

I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.

Jean Piaget

God dwells only in the depths of your heart; he detested the superficial superficiality.

The Seven Deadly Sins

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

Karel Capek

Every woman is well aware of the deadly ingredients of her soul which is why they all detest each other.

Ram Mohan

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.

Erica Jong

I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.

Laura Kightlinger

I do detest the human race as a whole, but some groups are more deserving than others,

Essays in Satanism

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

Charles Bukowski

Like any good Englishman, he detests emotions and prefers a healthy dose of denial and tea.

The Real Meaning of Idioms

The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education.

What Is Money?

Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.

John Lydon

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

The Critic as Artist

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Stephen Leacock

I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.

Stephen Stills

I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

Kage Baker

Every human is a school subject. This is rather a metaphorical way of saying it, to put it straight, those you love are few, and the ones you detest are many.

Michael Bassey Johnson