"I leave the human cockroaches to discuss their heroin and child pornography."

Contempt, Disgust, Humanity, Corruption

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"Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt."

Henry Bolingbroke, English Royalty

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"You are cordially invited to go fuck yourself."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

Contempt, Insult, Defiance, Anger, Expression

"The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

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"Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt."

Isaac Barrow, English Mathematician

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"Contempt for the world is what allows me to continue living in it."

Matthew Lotti, American Lawyer

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"'Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally."

Jon Crosby, American Musician

Contempt, Longing, Nothing, Saying

"Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt."

Harold Pinter, English Dramatist

Contempt, Smile

"Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Contempt, Lady, Kissing

"Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"He's an undersized pissant with delusions of adequacy."

Lois Greiman, American Author

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"Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all."

Emotions, Happiness, Illusion, Reality, Truth

"And it's only symbolism puts magic and meaning into anything. You of all people should know that. We can make love amongst the gods, or we can screw on a dirty mattress. It's our choice."

Meaning, Symbolism, Choice, Love

"Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you...Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations."

Reality, Experience, Observation, Learning

"It wasn't so much all the sex that robbed me of my moral bearings, but all the narcotics. I must say, there's something about opium that goes very well with lesbianism."

Addiction, Vice, Sexuality, Irony

"Romantic poetry had its heyday when people like Lord Byron were kicking it large. But you try and make a living as a poet today, and you'll find it's very different!"

Poetry, Art, Change, Creativity

"Come, dry your eyes, for you are LIFE, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. Dry your eyes, and let's go home."

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"The superman exists and he's American."

Nationalism, Superiority, Power, Identity

"I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing."

Literature, Fiction, Dream, Self, Truth

"Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell."

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"Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself."

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