W. E. B. Du Bois

It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.

American Writer

Thomas Carlyle

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

Scottish Philosopher

Rick Moody

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.

American Novelist

Shehbaz Sharif

Musharraf has just gone against the constitution and displayed contempt of court and has shown that he has no respect for the rule of law.

Pakistani Politician

John Gay

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.

English Poet

Orson Scott Card

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

Ryszard Kapuscinski

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

Polish Journalist

Robert Crumb

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

American Artist

Gore Vidal

My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.

John McCarthy

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

American Politician

The word 'contempt' carries a strong negative emotional weight, indicating deep disapproval.

Emotional Intensity

'Contempt' suggests a level of disdain that goes beyond just disliking someone or something.

Beyond Dislike

Using 'contempt' in a social context can imply a serious breakdown in relationships.

Usage in Relationships

In law, 'contempt' can result in penalties; respect the court's authority.

Legal Gravity

'Contempt of court' is not just rudeness, but a serious legal violation.

Serious Offense

Actions in court, like refusing to stand, may be seen as 'contempt'.

Not Just Speech

In computing, 'contempt' can reflect a system's disregard for user ease and preferences.

User Frustration

Avoid contempt in design by prioritizing user experience and feedback.

Design Importance

 to view our fellow human being with hostility and fear and contempt and suspicion. The arts, whatever they do, whenever they call us together, invite us to look at our fellow human being with generosity and curiosity. God knows, if we ever needed that capacity in human history,

Ben Cameron: The true...

 so very few men with power are going to take what I'm saying seriously, as a matter of politics. We think of politics and anger in terms of the contempt and disdain and fury that are feeding a rise of macho-fascism in the world. But if it's that poison, it's also the antidote.

The power of women's...

 Feel sympathy, rather than contempt. There are other reasons -- There are other reasons why it's perhaps harder now to feel calm than ever before. One of these, and it's paradoxical, because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers.

A kinder, gentler...

 I try to telepathically say goodbye. The silence brings me no peace. The quiet makes it hard to rest. In the void there is anger mushrooming in the moss at the base of my thoughts, a fungus growing on the spine of my freedom attempts. I'm free from all except contempt,

"You Have the Rite" PIPE...

 how the other side came to their positions. It's hard because righteous indignation, that sense of certainty that ours is the right side, is so seductive. It's hard because it means extending empathy and compassion to people who show us hostility and contempt.

I grew up in the...

 lips drawn up and back, and raised cheeks causing wrinkling around the eyes. More recently, researchers have proposed additional entries such as contempt, shame, and disapproval, but opinions vary on how distinct boundaries

Are there universal...

 are universally recognized all around the world, regardless of race, color, creed, nationality, gender, any demographic that exists. They are anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.

How Facial Expressions...

 were batted away I was sprayed with words of adoration and words of contempt you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told

How to deal with...

 the best clinical care I could, but as a human being, I let you down. You didn't need my judgment and my contempt. You needed my empathy and compassion, and above all else, you needed a doctor

Peter Attia: What if...

 but as a as a human being I let you down you didn't need my judgment and my contempt you needed my empathy and compassion above all else you needed a doctor who was willing to consider maybe