Animosity Quotations

I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.

I have no animosity against any living soul.

The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor.

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

My tenure at 'The Daily Show' started during the decade after September 11, and fear of Muslims was at an all-time high. Politicians and the media seemed to dial the fright, mistrust, and animosity up to a fever pitch to gain votes and ratings.

I would be extremely surprised if what the unions came up with was enough to keep United out of bankruptcy. Typically these unions have a lot of animosity with each other. I don't hold out a lot of hope.

Of course how it all came to an end was not how I had dreamed it up and was disappointing for me, ... But how do you have any animosity for an organization that gave the opportunities that they gave me, that allowed me to fulfill a dream when nobody else would?

No one suggests that John Roberts was motivated by bigotry or animosity toward minorities or women, ... But these memos lead one to question whether he truly appreciated the history of the civil rights struggle. He wrote about discrimination as an abstract concept, not as a flesh and blood reality for countless of his fellow citizens.

I got to like the English. They feel the same animosity towards us that we feel towards them, but they don't speak of it.

She's always been a very sweet girl. It puzzles me why there is so much animosity around this girl. I don't know. I think people are jealous.

I harbor no animosity with anyone there. But I hold lawyers to a higher standard, and I think I've been fair to both sides.

I always want to do well, ... I don't have any animosity toward the Diamondbacks. They were always a class organization. They let me finish school before I started pitching. They gave me every opportunity to succeed.

He was a gentleman as he's always been. He said it was not unexpected and he felt no animosity at that time.

Lack of faith, treachery, arguments and animosity only breed malevolence. It is in the best interest of all to avoid this and tread on the path of progress.

Some of these people may come from a long history of animosity for one another, whether it be from their neighborhoods or whatever. Quite literally, mortal enemies may be sleeping next to one another.

Just as you can be for health care reform without having any animosity toward nurses, you can be in favor of immigration reform without bearing any animosity toward immigrants.

Overall, I have been pleased with my trip and I recognized far in advance that after 43 years of misunderstanding and animosity that one brief trip could not change basic relationships between people, ... But my hope is that in some small way, my visit might improve the situation in the future.

It doesn't mean that I have any ill will or any animosity toward Green Bay, because they allowed me to become the player that I am today and to have the career that I've had thus far.

You let that go by, all you're doing is creating more animosity on the other side. Hey, the guy gets hit after hitting a three-run homer, nothing happens. ... I think actually he let them get away with something there.

I don't get the animosity when someone tells a joke that you don't like. Whereas if someone made a dish that you don't like if you went to a restaurant, you would either try another dish or you just don't go back to that restaurant. But you don't say like, "I did not like the hamburger here. This restaurant should be shut down. It should be banned from making hamburgers. No one else should have these hamburgers." And everyone else is like, "No, you wouldn't do that."

Mercantile jealousy is excited, and both inflames, and is itself inflamed, by the violence of national animosity:...

This will be a dogfight. We both need wins. They probably have a little animosity toward us from last year. You have to love that.

When we finally decide on who our president is, and on the day when we realize the economy is so weak that that new president must cut taxes, and he can't do it because of a divided congress and all the animosity that comes out of this agonizingly long presidential election, the dollar's going to be in trouble.

There is no personal animosity between the migrants and the Coast Guard in general. We try to do it with the highest degree of compassion and humanitarian concern that we can, but ultimately it is a law enforcement mission.

It wouldn't surprise me. There's a lot of animosity toward Louisville anyway.

You cannot run a government by that kind of direct animosity towards your population because what we are looking ahead to is a much greater disaster.

The players ahead of me certainly deserve the press, and I understand where animosity will come. But because I am doing this, it is going to open more doors for them. Put the game out there in the spotlight and hopefully bring everyone more recognition.

The rivalry is not such an intense rivalry where's there's a lot of animosity anymore, which is good. Rivalries are good, but not when it's a ?I hate you' type of rivalry. Those aren't always good games.

To me, Green Arrow in the past, what people loved about Oliver Queen pre-New 52 was his relationships with other heroes. Like his friendship with Green Lantern, his animosity with Hawkman, his romance with Black Canary - these are all the things that sort of defined him.

There is so much animosity going on because of them wanting to sell Camp Flying Eagle. And them fighting against him is just a way to add fuel to the fire. For them to sit down there and basically take our father figure away is an awful thing to do. That's when people start going bananas.

Pro wise, ... you thrive on it. I told the team, 'I hope they all stand and boo. If they boo us, that means you've accomplished something.' In the pros, our teams fed off the animosity of the crowd to make you play better. That was the fun of playing on the road. We actually played better.

Unfortunately, and I'm just being honest here, the way the session ended in June, and there's been no consultation since, has lent itself for me to believe that the animosity of the spring will unfortunately continue, ... That's not necessarily the way I'd like it to be, but I don't see any indication of a greater willingness to work cooperatively. I'm just basing it on past performance.

Sometimes a change in scenery is good, sometimes time runs out in a certain spot. It did for me here. There's no animosity or anger toward anything. It's been an unbelievable ride here, obviously something I'll never forget. There'll be some great memories.

There's such animosity toward the police in some urban communities that even people who aren't afraid, and who hate crime, still feel cooperating is something good people don't do.

There's no animosity. It was big differences on the show, but there's no animosity between the families.

The United States right now is going through a difficult period in the Middle East, where there is a great deal of animosity toward the United States in the streets, ... It's important now for the United States to be doing things to lower the level of hostility in the region, to be in the position to engage elements of the Arab world in a more important dialogue that would engender some respect.

In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism. All this stuff you read about men yelling and screaming, beating against the bars, running spoons along them, guards rushing in with clubs -- all that is for the big house. A good jail is one of the quietest places in the world. Life in jail is in suspension.

If (News Corp. is) not willing to continue, they have the ability to pull out. I'd like to discuss that with News Corp when appropriate. But there must be willingness on the other side. Businessmen do not make decisions based on feelings. There is no animosity on my side.

I knew what he was trying to do. That type of stuff, which really meant nothing, fueled the controversy and animosity between us.

I have no animosity toward them at all. I've seen their little villages. They're dirt poor, poor as field mice.

Everyone on this team knows their role, but there's no animosity or jealously. This is a very close-knit unit that has meshed together very well. After our first two road tournaments, I knew I had some special kids. They fit perfect together. We're all looking for one goal and that's the state championship and we're going out there to win it.

That's an awful lot of animosity to harbor for an awful long time when you're willing to take that kind of hit, ... And it's over something we're oblivious to up here apparently because we can't figure out what he's talking about. He hasn't tried talking to us, so we don't know.

It seemed to be a nice relationship. It's hard when you have two kids that have such great ability. They both seemed to share the ball pretty well. I don't think there was any animosity between them.

I hold no animosity against anyone. I want to thank the new police chief for his quick action. I really do.

I really don't. The thing is, of course, the way it ended wasn't how I dreamed it up. It was disappointing to me. But how do you have any animosity to an organization that gave me the opportunities that they gave me, that allowed me to fulfill a dream when no one else would?

These teams have seen each other before. We can expect four hard-fought games and probably more animosity than usual. Stakes are high as we enter into the divisional round, and many factors should be considered before you decide which teams to bet on.

The most important thing in their lives was to have a lawsuit going. It was not a question of winning or losing it, and indeed it was vital to do neither, for otherwise the suit would be over and done with. A lawsuit was part of the personality, if not the only visible sign of it, to such an extent that there was often no real animosity between the litigants, because they both needed each other.

For anyone who has any doubts about or animosity toward the Catholic Church, Brown's book plays on these very well. This thing pushes buttons on an incredible level.

There was some animosity between us, but it was good to see one another not only as opposition, but people. She's a cool girl.

There was certainly a lot of animosity and certainly a lot of jealousy toward me, because of the hype and being the first American (drafted No.1),

There was huge animosity toward people (who bought foreign cars).

There probably won't be a chest bump, probably a handshake. I'm not mad or angry at Coach Pete because this is a business. Whenever the opportunity comes to improve yourself, you have to take advantage. There's no animosity towards Coach Pete.

It was dirty with Reagan and Iran-Contra and Oliver North. George Bush the elder was a transition president. He didn't create a lot of waves. There wasn't a lot of personal hatred toward him - but if you think back, the personal animosity on the left was directed at Dan Quayle.

It was funny. But I've got no animosity toward them, and they don't seem to have any toward me. So it was no problem. We waved to each other.

It's about bragging rights for a year. We're both sister schools so we know that's what it all boils down to. Coach and I are real good friends. There's no animosity or anything like that.

I don't think there's any animosity between the two sides.

For the past two years, we hadn't beaten Bonner, and this was the last home game that (us seniors are) going to have. There was a little animosity between us and Bonner. It felt good that we finally finished a game. It seems like every close game we've had, we've lost.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

Indifference breeds animosity.

Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another, when you do differ.

Love transcends all animosity and is never partial.