Quotes about Scornful
We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.
- Margaret Atwood
Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
- Samuel Johnson
All men speak in bitter disapproval of the Devil, but they do it reverently, not flippantly; but Father Adolf's way was very different; he called him by every name he could lay his tongue to, and it made everyone shudder that heard him; and often he would even speak of him scornfully and scoffingly; then the people crossed themselves and went quickly out of his presence, fearing that something fearful might happen.
- Mark Twain
She was scornful. "He talks to you personally?" "He talks to everyone personally. Most people just don't bother to listen.
- Francine Rivers
their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
- Joyce Meyer