Misanthrope Quotes

You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company. (Caspar David Friedrich)
Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas. View quote
Charles Dickens
My brother asked me once, 'Are you a misanthrope?' And I said, 'No, I just find people irritating.' View quote
Craig Kilborn
A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust their money to a hail-fellow-well-met but to a misanthrope who can say no. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith
I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food. View quote
Alfred Nobel
A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope. View quote
Dean Koontz
Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them. View quote
Lord Byron
I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself. View quote
Charles Bukowski
I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books. View quote
Ian Rankin
I'm still a recluse. I still hate everyone. I'm still a misanthrope. View quote
Al Jourgensen
Samuel: What's a misanthrope? Two Bob: A misanthrope is a bugger who hates every other bugger. Samuel: Are we misanthropes? Arthur: Lord no! We're family. (Nick Cave)
I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent. View quote
Alfred Nobel
If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think. View quote
Paul Theroux
A man may make a misanthrope of himself, but he is never one by nature. View quote
Lucy Larcom
You've got to be a misanthrope in this business, a real son of a bitch. I'm touchy. I've got raw nerve ends, and I'll jump. If I see a stuffed shirt, I want to punch it. View quote
Bill Mauldin