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Perhaps the people I choose to paint are often objects of derision celebrity is a bit of a put-down term, isn't it? But to me they are my world. — Stella Vine

The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and blame. — Sathya Sai Baba

Griffin's narrow, crooked smile held a hint of derision. "You are a romantic, then."
"No. Not at all. But I hold out hope that others might be. — Jo Goodman

In snow thou comest
Thou shalt go with resuming ground
The sweet derision of thx crow
And Glee's advancing sound — Emily Dickinson

Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision. — Quintilian

Lizzing is a combination of laughing and whizzing. — LIZ

The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. — Salman Rushdie

If I need a reason now, Dru, it will have to be you. — Lili St. Crow

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The pushback I get is, 'He's a hedge fund guy.' Full stop. Some places, that can be a badge of honor. In others, it's almost a term of derision. — Edward Lampert

My writing has always been met with derision or dismissal. — Jamaica Kincaid

Set yourself a goal so difficult that death will seem like a welcome reprieve. — Chuck Palahniuk

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

Yes, I have a romantic nature; it is a character flaw which should be viewed with pity, not derision. — Andrew Levkoff

Whenever the party-girl tag gets attached to my name, it makes me want to snort with derision. — Mariella Frostrup

To imitate a lunkhead without malice or derision is quite a feat - and Red Skelton brings it off everytime. - Humorist Leo Rosten — Douglas Wissing

Derision is the refuge of threatened ignorance, after all. — Stephen R. Lawhead

If derision failed, there was always the police, who were authorized to arrest a non-noble person for wearing a sword. — Thomas J. Craughwell

Piggy once more was the centre of social derision so that everyone felt cheerful and normal. — William Golding

A positive mental attitude can improve your health, enhance your relationships, increase your chances of success, and add years to your life. — Frank Sonnenberg

The sphinx will always have to be looked after. — Zahi Hawass

Shame can kill the imagination. It's hard to keep writing in the face of cultural derision. — Eloisa James

To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson! — Anna Seward

Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey