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Abhorrent Quotes

On what people find truly abhorrent and why.

These quotes use "abhorrent" to condemn a range of things, from an oppressive regime's actions to a philosophical dread of decay without a mind behind it.

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.

Quotes by Tony Blair

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.

Thomas Jefferson

Any abhorrent behavior is more interesting to me. I'm always amazed when somebody asks me, 'Why don't you write something about nice people?' Because nice people are boring, that's why.

Quotes by Terence Winter

In aversive racism, the concept of racism is abhorrent to that person. But they're filled with racist conditioning and bias, as we all are. Because that conflicts with their identity as good people, they suppress it and are even more...

Quotes by Robin DiAngelo

Ale Quotes

The only way we can challenge Islamism is to engage with one another. We need to make it as abhorrent as racism has become today. Only then will we stem the tide of angry young Muslims who turn to hate.

Quotes by Maajid Nawaz

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.

James Joyce

I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all...

Quotes by Francesco Guicciardini

I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be abhorrent to any manly or humane man.

Quotes by Fanny Kemble

'Custom is the great deadener.' There is no doubt that we of the white race are going on obliviously supporting customs that would seem abhorrent and incredible to a higher and more brotherly civilization.

Quotes by Edwin Markham

Angry Quotes

I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.

Quotes by Dana Perino

The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.

Quotes by Barry Commoner

To think that a Catholic bishop must answer to a civil authority over matters of faith is abominable. It is abhorrent to me, to other Catholics, and to every member of every faith community.

Quotes by Andrew Scheer

I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.

Quotes by Amy Adams

Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global security.

Quotes by Allyson Schwartz

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of things do these abhorrent quotes condemn?
A range of things, from a dictatorial regime's actions to a philosophical dread of decay without consciousness, and a call to treat bigotry with equal condemnation.
Does a quote here describe an oppressive regime as abhorrent?
Yes, one quote calls a Middle Eastern dictator's regime abhorrent while still noting that its survival was, at that time, in his own hands. No position is taken here beyond restating that description.
What does the quote about bodily decay mean?
It argues that of all human fears, the most abhorrent is the idea of a body persisting without a mind behind it, a philosophical rather than political point.
Is there a quote about writing dark subject matter?
Yes, one explains a personal fascination with abhorrent behavior as a subject, arguing that morally difficult characters are simply more interesting to write about than uniformly nice ones.
Does a quote call for treating bigotry as abhorrent?
Yes, one argues that a specific form of religious extremism should be made as socially unacceptable as racism has become, framed here strictly as a call against bigotry in general. See related Being quotes.

One writer argues bigotry itself should be treated as equally abhorrent by wider society. See related Being quotes.