Disparaging Quotes - Page 2

• One of the upsides of tourism is that people begin to take themselves a little more seriously (and think their) culture is worth something. So rather than disparaging the local culture, they vitalize it.

  Paul Theroux

  Thinking, People, Tourism

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I think it's funny how excited people can get about things I say that don't have anything to do with music. I made a disparaging comment about McDonald's on Twitter once and people flipped out on me.

  Ron Pope

  Thinking, Mcdonalds, People

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• No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.

  Daniel Gilbert

  Thinking, Self, Likes

  Daniel Gilbert (2006). “Stumbling on Happiness”, p.14, Vintage

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• You know, anything more negative, anything more disparaging, anything more adversarial than what [Donald Trump] does already. The mystery is how he's gotten as far as he's gotten.

  Errol Morris

  Negative, Doe, Mystery

  Source: collider.com

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• German can take a lot more pathos than English can. When you say "pathetic" in English it's a disparaging term, but when you say "pathetisch" in German it's just a description, not necessarily negative. That says a lot already.

  Daniel Kehlmann

  Negative, Description, Pathos

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.

  Leslie Charteris

  Mean, Eye, Feuds

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• Donald Trump talks us down. He makes disparaging comments about America. He calls our military a disaster. Well, it's not, but it might have been if everybody else had failed to pay taxes to support our brave men and women in uniform.

  Hillary Clinton

  Military, Men, America

  Source: time.com

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