Despicable Quotations

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

Nothing is more despicable than to reach fame by crawling, position by cringing.

I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my movies I've had characters who didn't care what people thought about them. We try to be as true to them as possible and maybe see part of ourselves in there that we may not like.

Nevada leads the nation in our efforts to prevent this despicable crime by requiring sex offenders to be properly registered before they are issued a driver's license. Other states should follow Nevada's lead.

Obviously, the involvement of the vice president raises profoundly disturbing questions, ... We need to understand in detail what role Mr. Cheney played in this despicable incident.

Leaks like that to the press may cause people to be accused falsely in the papers. It's a despicable way to run a DA's office.

Men do truly more render themselves despicable than others when, without just ground, or reasonable occasion, they do attack others in this way.

I don't think I can play a role without falling in love with something about her; even the most despicable people who I have portrayed had some aspect of them which I found beautiful.

He's a despicable person. He deserves the worst that is coming to him.

I think this vote is part of a long practice, ever since the confirmation battle over Justice Rehnquist to become chief justice, where Republican nominees have been treated in a despicable fashion.

I think it's despicable that this guy saw my son's name on a Web site and figured that was 22 years ago, so nobody cares anymore. I guess he didn't realize my son was on the cover of Newsweek and that thankfully some people remember him.

Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror, ... The sight of planes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.

You know there are a number of challenges here. The first thing that we have to recognize is that there are a lot of evil, mean, despicable people in America that have fun doing this type of dirty deed ... a false tip.

We've been fighting for the right thing, which is to give her a chance, ... She's never had a chance, and that's the most despicable part of this. She was literally shelved. She has not been out of this room over here in the hospice for three years.

Whoever authorized this despicable attack ought to apologize immediately.

We didn't think someone could be capable of such a despicable act. She is a predator who knew exactly what she was doing, who took money from desperate people.

Probably, violent things I've done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I've ever done.

Being the despicable person that you are, you show no remorse.

The tobacco company can kill us. The package food companies can clog our arteries. The oil companies can provoke wars. But, apparently, there's no industry more despicable than the music industry. We are hated just because we refuse to acknowledge the public's God-given rights to steal music.

You can look at even the calendar of events of some of the despicable types of immoral things that were scheduled for that particular time when Katrina hit, and one would be hard-pressed not to realize that perhaps indeed God was trying to get people's attention,

We are taking all precautions and are working to identify those responsible for these despicable attacks on the American people. The federal government continues to function effectively.

Some quarters either on the basis of a suspect premeditated scheme or out of bad faith have used this crime in a despicable manner in order to fan the flames of hostility against Syria and increase accusations against it.

To claim that I sympathize with child pornographers is the most despicable low anyone could sink to.

This does not represent the values of the United States military, and doesn't represent the vast majority of the actions and behavior of our men and women in uniform. It is a despicable practice. It's unacceptable. And the department is going to address it.

This does not represent the values of the United States military, ... It's a despicable practice that is unacceptable.

This is a critical moment for Iraq. We call on all Iraqis to unite against terror and violence. Coming together in unity to condemn this barbaric act, and working for Iraq's salvation will be the right response. This desperate and despicable act shows that terrorists stop at nothing and care for nothing.

a despicable political plot, which I will disprove with documents and facts.

in the strongest possible terms the despicable attacks in Bali.

Smoking is just a prop or wardrobe that helps identify a character as a bad guy. They have to do whatever they can to make the audience feel that this is a despicable person who is fighting or challenging the hero.

I'm glad he said he's sorry, but I think he's just sorry he got caught. It's despicable that he stole the only thing Kevin had left -- his name. Kevin never got to work. Kevin never got to drive a car. But this thief comes along and wants to steal his name so he can escape the law.

Any attempt to play up the matter again and disrupt china by the despicable means of fabricating materials and distorting facts will be futile.

It's incredible. We have condemned this despicable act and we hope the reporter makes a full recovery. This is a newspaper that was already censoring some of its coverage because of attacks against it. Attacking a paper that was not doing aggressive coverage gives us a clear picture of the dangers that reporters confront in doing their job.

It's despicable that this has been allowed to happen. The courts dragged their heels. It's more than unfair. It's a travesty.

All the trashing is coming from the right wing of the Republican Party. I really think it's despicable what they're doing.

All in the Family.' I loved watching Carroll O'Connor play this despicable character and make him so hysterically flawed and charmingly vulnerable to where he could get away with saying so many off-color things and yet it endeared him to you.

And that is, ... we could file a motion to adjourn with the following language: that basically we ... acknowledge the impeachment vote of the House, we acknowledge, if this is true, that we do not have or even have a chance of having 67 votes for conviction, and we acknowledge that the impeachment vote in the House is the highest form of censure or condemnation for this president's despicable acts. And if you do that, that basically adjourns. It ends the battle.

It's a pretty despicable character. So to try to get the audience on your side before the actual brutality sets in was a bit of a challenge.

Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.

It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money.

I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.

I guess there's nothing I don't like about Merlin, in this presentation. I love everything, even the things I find despicable and abhorrent in Merlin. They're actually a joy to ride on the tailcoats of.

Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!