#descending

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. ↗

— Eric Liu

#citizenship #conversation #descending #everyday #feel

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#hate #place #skulls #vulture

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#also #benign #choice #condescending #countries

Obviously this is the world descending into worse and worse standards of targeting civilians both in state violence in Iraq, Gaza and so on and the terrorist retaliation. ↗

— Clare Short

#civilians #descending #gaza #into #iraq

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever. ↗

— Joel Silver

#business #core #descending #ever #intact

They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train. ↗

— Charles Godfrey Leland

#dream #loveliness #saw #train

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#difficulty #henry #him #his #horses

Kyo: Of course, I'll beat YOU, too! Yuki: Don't you ever get tired of saying that? Kyo: Beating you is my vocation! It's my goal in life! Yuki: It's so unfair that I keep having to take abuse just because you can't meet your goals. Kyo: THAT CONDESCENDING ATTITUDE OF YOURS REALLY PISSES ME OFF! Yuki: And that revolting thought process of yours pisses me off. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#condescending #fight #humor #attitude

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. ↗

— Scott Adams

#condescending #done #find #how #show

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

#day #first #half #labor #try