Voltar

She looked away. Her attitude seemed to suggest that she had finished with him, and would be obliged if somebody would come and sweep him up.

P.G. Wodehouse
life writing dismissal

It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

Criss Jami , em Killosophy
knowledge philosophy trust wisdom humor faith pride joke religion learning intelligence profound funny understanding humility confidence doubt development sarcasm comprehension science ignorance theology uncertainty comedy questioning certainty stupid consideration mystery stupidity arrogance funny-but-true not-knowing misunderstanding profundity dismissal

You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love.

Shannon L. Alder
love hurt friends relationships pain moving-on hatred family letting-go self-respect choices healing betrayal class dignity revenge self-worth lessons deceit cruelty rejection ignorance selfishness conflict games self-absorbed inhumanity resolutions mean-people dismissal mind-games hateful overlooked conned vengful

Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.

DaShanne Stokes
prejudice lgbt racism lgbtq homophobia prejudices biased political-correctness oppression oppressed biases ethnocentrism racism-in-america racism-quotes politically-correct lgbt-quotes lgbt-rights dismissal racism-and-culture silencing-dissent biased-opinion oppression-quotes racism-quote marginalization politically-correct-culture politically-incorrect silencing ethnocentricity

The neurologist had dismissed her case after a single visit, handing out an easy nostrum by telling her father that if she continued to write poetry, she would be all right.

Flora Rheta Schreiber , em Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
poetry mental-illness dismissal