1.
The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.
Brendan Behan
2.
No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.
Baruch Spinoza
3.
I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode.
John Andre
4.
I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.
Ken Livingstone
5.
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
Frederick Douglass
7.
I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time.
Felix Dennis
9.
I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.
Thomas Paine
11.
I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries.
H. L. Mencken
12.
I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
Lord Byron
13.
I detest that saying Everything happens for a reason; its nonsense.
Gary Kemp