Yossi Ghinsberg

Despite the natural belittling of one's self, the doubts, the insecurities, we have to wake up to the realisation that we all write our own autobiography, we are the authors of our life story. Realising that, write a good story with your life and make sure to write yourself as the protagonist. Be the hero of your journey.

Israeli Entertainer

Henry Rollins

One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some festivals. Often blown off or belittled by critics, the form for the most part goes unheard and unnoticed.

American Musician

Filippo Brunelleschi

Many are ready, when listening to the inventor, to belittle and deny his achievements so that he will no longer be heard in honourable places, but after some months or a year, they use the inventor's words in speech or writing or design.

Italian Designer

L. Lionel Kendrick

Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.

American Clergyman

Rachel Nichols

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

American Actress

Katharine Graham

My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.

American Businesswoman

Milan Kundera

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.

Czechoslovakian Writer

Rhys Ifans

I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.

Welsh Actor

Martin Scorsese

Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?

American Director

Owen Feltham

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

British Author

Using 'belittle' suggests a critical and dismissive attitude towards someone or something.

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'Belittle' can often be personal, aiming to make someone feel less competent or valued.

Often Personal

The act of belittling can have a harmful psychological effect on the receiver.

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 and they are being belittled, they are being interrupted, do something, say something. Invite underrepresented people to speak. And say no to panels without underrepresented speakers. Refer someone for a job and encourage them to take that job and to take new opportunities.

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 I saw how she was longing to gain control over her simple daily routines, small details that we take for granted, from counting money at the market to helping her kids in homework. Despite her poverty and her community's mindset, which belittles women's education,

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 I study the effects of incivility on people. What is incivility? It's disrespect or rudeness. It includes a lot of different behaviors, from mocking or belittling someone to teasing people in ways that sting to telling offensive jokes

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 scared and what we need to do is we need to not try to away with fear but rather to reach inside ourselves and to find the courage and I think there is a message for our times which is not to try rush aside or belittle or judge

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 physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Yet a rift had grown between these two formidable forces. While Parvati sustained daily life with care and control, Shiva had begun to belittle his wife’s essential work—

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 who, to this day, are disrespected, denied paid leave, pushed out of their jobs, facing biases in health care systems, are victims of abuse, are mistreated and belittled, and who are being forgotten and erased.

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 We live in a culture that seems obsessed with sex. We use it to sell everything. We tell women that looking sexy is one of the most important things you can do. But what we really do is we belittle sex.

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 cannot understand or embrace we either belittle or we fear and that which we fear we inevitably destroy now get done you and I know that we have to live differently but could it be that we

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Belittle

To make somebody or something seem unimportant.

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