I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.
George H. W. BushI hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.
Michelle ObamaOf puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
Edgar Allan PoeWork is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.
Abraham MaslowHatred is blind, as well as love.
Oscar WildeAll the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
George OrwellPfft, I hate Christmas Day. It’s for children and families. Not for people like me.
Karl LagerfeldI do not like the human race. I don’t like their heads, I don’t like their faces, I don’t like their feet, I don’t like their conversations, I don’t like their hairdos, I don’t like their automobiles.
Charles BukowskiMuch that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
Bertrand RussellHatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
James BaldwinSadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.
Jimmy CarterAmong those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Napoleon BonaparteHatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
BuddhaHatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
Marcus Tullius CiceroHe was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.
George OrwellSerious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
George OrwellHatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere is no blue without yellow and without orange.
Vincent Van GoghI don’t like the name, U2, actually.
BonoI never eat salad. I make sure I don’t put a lot of junk into my system, but I hate vegetables!
RihannaMorality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar WildeI hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything.
John SteinbeckPolitics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Henry AdamsFrankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I’d be very happy. It’s not my favorite thing to do.
David BowieI don’t like politicians, and I don’t like politics. I definitely don’t want to be associated with any of them.
Steven WrightI don’t think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
Fidel CastroReally, I don’t like roller coasters.
Kevin HartWhen you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
Niccolo MachiavelliI hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.
H. L. MenckenI was a smart kid, but I hated school.
EminemI hate being called an ‚icon.‘ I just don’t like it. That’s all there is to it.
Edmund HillaryIn our age there is no such thing as ‚keeping out of politics.‘ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
George OrwellI hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
Jackie ChanMen often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Alexander HamiltonThe one thing I couldn’t identify with was the blue cowboy outfit he put on.
Dwayne JohnsonHatred is self-punishment.
Hosea BallouThe only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Will RogersI hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBy rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.
James MadisonHatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIndifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
J. K. RowlingI hate the rock music tradition. I can’t bear it!
Brian EnoProbably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
Theodore RooseveltHatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
Niccolo MachiavelliI don’t like L.A. It’s just not fun. I don’t know why, but I just don’t get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out.
Lady GagaI hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.
Brian EnoHatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
Arthur SchopenhauerRacial prejudice, anti-Semitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the human mind or heart.
Billy GrahamMachines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.
Bertrand RussellOf the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
Joan of ArcIt was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.
Hermann HesseHatred is inveterate anger.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI have always hated bowling, and I don’t mind admitting it.
Hunter S. ThompsonI live in Hollywood, but you can’t make me love Hollywood. I’ll never love Hollywood.
Lady GagaWhy is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?
Bertrand RussellI don’t like drinking, basically.
Lando NorrisI barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much.
Paul AusterContempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people’s happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
Bertrand RussellThere’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger – they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
Noam Chomsky