Deprecatory Quotes & Sayings

He seemed particularly cheerio, you know," said the Hon. Freddy.
"Particularly what?" inquired the Lord High Steward.
"Cheerio, my lord," said Sir Wigmore, with a deprecatory bow.
"I do not know whether that is a dictionary word," said his lordship entering it upon his notes with a meticulous exactness, "but I take it to be synonymous with cheerful."
The Hon. Freddy, appealed to, said he thought he meant more than just cheerful, more merry and bright, you know.
"May we take it that he was in exceptionally lively spirits?" suggested Counsel.
"Take it in any spirit you like," muttered the witness, adding, more happily, "Take a peg of John Begg. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Truths, no matter how momentous or enduring, are nothing to the individual until he appreciates them, and feels their force, and acknowledges their sovereignty. He cannot bow to their majesty until he sees their power. All the blind then, and all the ignorant
that is, all the children
must be educated up to the point of perceiving and admitting the truth, and acting according to its mandates. — Horace Mann

self-deprecatory, to make light of their own situation by — Tom Shroder

So I stand here without further deprecatory words. — William James

Congress has scarcely any thing to employ them, and complain that the place [Washington, D.C.] is remarkably dull. — Thomas Jefferson

The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being. — Cornel West

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. — John Shelton Reed

Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly. — Hildegard Of Bingen

The good-humor of a man elated with success often displays itself towards enemies. — Thomas B. Macaulay

Matthew had sheepishly unfolded the dress from its paper swathings and held it out with a deprecatory glance at Marilla, who feigned to be contemptuously filling the teapot, but nevertheless watched the scene out of the corner of her eye with a rather interested air.
Anne took the dress and looked at it in reverent silence. Oh, how pretty it was
a lovely soft brown gloria with all the gloss of silk; a skirt with dainty frills and shirrings; a waist elaborately pintucked in the most fashinable way, with a little ruffle of filmy lace at the neck. But the sleeves
they were the crowning glory! Long elbow cuffs, and above them two beautiful puffs divided by rows of shirring and bows of brown-silk ribbon. — L.M. Montgomery

Ah, did he not hate that word 'gay'? He thought it a strange categoriser of a life style with many elements far from zippy. No, he would de-kike the word 'faggot', which had punch, bite, a non-nonsense, chin-out assertiveness, and which, at present, was no more self-deprecatory than, say, 'American'. — Larry Kramer

Thank goodness it wasn't real sex. — Lana Cox

Give your heart to the trade you have learnt, and draw refreshment from it. — Marcus Aurelius

They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was. — Alex Ferguson

I began to feel like a kept man and it felt great. — Charles Bukowski

But, if this guy, or whoever he was, he is, or he will be, can't handle you at your worst, they sure as hell don't deserve you at your best. Enough said. — Nina Ardianti

The Internet means everything to everybody and it's growing by the day. You can't survive as a business, especially a small business, without having some form of good Internet presence; whether you're a shop or it's a showcase or just a way to talk to your customers. — Theo Paphitis

I don't know Jiu-Jitsu, I don't know wrestling, all I know is how to fight. Period. — James Toney

So, let me get this right...the big whoop about being human is that you get to die? — James Patterson

Education gives light, life and liberty. — Lailah Gifty Akita

As in the experimental sciences, truth cannot be distinguished from error as long as firm principles have not been established through the rigorous observation of facts. — Louis Pasteur