Pejorative Term Quotes

#1. I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

Penelope Keith

#2. The pejorative term "political correctness" was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a principle to which all Americans claim to subscribe

Judith Martin

#3. I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

Amy Poehler

#4. At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're a humanist.

Julianne Moore

#5. I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens; I am far more disciplined than that.

Piers Anthony

#6. My thatched hut;
the whole sky Is its roof
The mountains are its hedge,
And it has the sea for a garden.
I'm inside with nothing at all,
Not even a bag,
And yet there are visitors who say "
It's hidden behind a bamboo door"
- Muso Soseki

Muso Soseki

#7. There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.

Laurel Clark

#8. For those that dare to stand up
against those that want to knock you down." The dedication from Worst Case Scenario: Bug Out - Book 2.

G. Allen Mercer

#9. Sentimentalist is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse than to be cruel, which it isn't.

Brigid Brophy

#10. The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor,

Edward Lazear

#11. The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.

Christopher Nolan

#12. We'll start a whole new human race," Hoop quipped.
"With respect, Hoop, I believe Ripley would eat you alive.

Tim Lebbon

#13. I am not dead yet! I can still call forth a piece of soul and set it down in color, fixed forever.

Keri Hulme

#14. Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.

Tony Vincent

#15. Asked to state his opinion of me, he said that I was "all right" and, when told to explain what he meant by that, he replied that everyone knew what that meant.

Albert Camus

#16. The horn . . . is the joint hardest instrument to learn. . . . (The other is the oboe).

Jasper Rees

#17. You look beautiful - David

Scott Westerfeld