Quotes of: Disapproving Keyword

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

Charles Darwin

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.

Tommy Hilfiger

I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.

Anne Bronte

4 in 5 Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, which begs the question: Are 1 in 5 Americans retarded? 

Sleepwalking is restercise

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

In light matters--matters of small consequence, like religion and politics and such things--he never acquired a conviction that could survive a disapproving remark from a cat.

Mark Twain

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

Charles Caleb Colton

When you look at a Congress that has an 84 percent disapproval rating, that means that for the most part, the people of this country, and certainly California, are looking for new leadership.

Elizabeth Emken

My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disapproval, if one is to get happily through life which, after all, presents its own hurdles.

Arabella Weir

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.

Jean Cocteau

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

George Orwell

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

Harry A. Blackmun

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Franz Grillparzer

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions.

Robert Bork

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

Theodore Bikel

If you can't set a better example for progress, don't show disapproval against the worse tradition!

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

On the scale of relevance, public approval or disapproval of a woman's choices should not merit measure.

Bad Feminist: Essays

As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.

Cloud Atlas

Why was the judgement of the disapproving so valuable? Who said that their good opinions tended to be any more rational than those of generally pleasant people?

Austenland

If you can’t handle others’ disapproval, then leadership isn’t for you.

Why Leadership Sucks: Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership

I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.

Madonna Ciccone