“Elitism, on the contrary, is the denigration of art and its consequent maintenance as the preserve of an affluent and educated minority.”

“Judges must be free to make decisions, even unpopular ones, without the fear of political interference or public denigration.”

“Fourier wanted to elevate the status of manual labor, to rescue it from a long-standing tradition of degradation and denigration.”

“The unbruised adolescent ego likes its angst to be clear-cut and attributable to the denigrations of an insouciant universe.”