Quotes by Detest No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand. Baruch Spinoza lament detest laughing The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think. Brendan Behan irish-writers detest thinking I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time. Felix Dennis detest watches television The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. Frederick Douglass detest I detest that saying Everything happens for a reason; its nonsense. Gary Kemp detest nonsense everything-happens-for-a-reason I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries. H. L. Mencken detest agnostic Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most. J. K. Rowling bigotry detest I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode. John Andre detest I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. Ken Livingstone loathe detest I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual. Lord Byron detest mutual Complainers detest each other. Mason Cooley complainers detest I detest those who deceive me. Steve Berry detest deceiving I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel. Thomas Paine detest atheism religion