Dian Fossey

My study of the wild gorilla is not yet finished, and even when it is complete, it will contribute only a small part toward man's understanding of his closest animal relatives, the great apes. But one conclusion is already clear: The gorilla is one of the most maligned animals in the world.

American Scientist

Kirstie Alley

When you are generalizing, and when your goal is to malign and to say things about an entire group - there are tens of millions of Scientologists in the world - when you decide to blanket statement that 'Scientology is evil,' you are my enemy.

American Actress

Anubhav Sinha

Just because 'Mulk' addresses some uncomfortable truths, trolls are having a field day. They say that the film has been funded by Dawood because that's the easiest way to malign it. But I am not affected by such nonsense.

Indian Director

Fred F. Fielding

The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.

American Lawyer

Divyanka Tripathi

There are groups of haters who always try to malign my image. They question my character and make all kinds of false announcements. It hurts because they assume things and without any proof in hand.

Indian Actress

Erica Jong

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

American Novelist

Ingrid Newkirk

Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them loose in our cities - not something that they chose.

British Activist

Matt Gaetz

Russia engages in a malign influence campaign all over the world. I would expect that they would try to undermine democracy here just that they - as they have in other places.

American Politician

Steve Mnuchin

I have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardship in order to make a buck. Nothing could be further from the truth.

American Public Servant

John Brown Gordon

No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.

American General

Malign as an adjective suggests something worse than just bad, it implies an evil or insidious quality.

Negative Nuance

'Malign' often refers to non-physical things, such as attitudes or actions, rather than objects.

Beyond Physical

A 'malign' effect may not be immediately apparent but harmful in the long run.

Not Always Obvious

Using 'malign' as a verb often suggests personal attacks that can unjustly undermine someone's reputation.

Personal Attacks

When you 'malign' someone, it often refers to statements made in public or a widespread manner.

Public Statements

The verb 'malign' may be used when the speaker believes the negative statement is unfair or unwarranted.

Subjective Perception

 populated by poor people of color both hotbeds of cultural innovation think hip-hop and jazz both the waterfront communities that hosts both industries and residents in close proximity to one another in the post Katrina era we have still more in common we're at best ignored and maligned and abused at worse

Greening the ghetto -...

 in one of the most maligned cities in the world. If we can do it in Detroit, you can do it wherever you're from, too. What I've learned over the last decade, building my house, wasn't so much about wiring or plumbing or carpentry -- although I did learn these things --

My $500 house in Detroit...

 that don't have anything in their libraries, and also of organizing lots and lots of workshops, in reading and writing, for all the people who are eager to tell our many stories. Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign,

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 so deeply divided -- when we live in a world in which cousins and aunts and uncles can't talk to one another, when we often live in separate and distinct news ecosystems, and when we reflexively and habitually malign and dismiss those with whom we disagree?

How to lead a...

 a fitness app can sell your data to a health insurance company, preventing you from getting coverage in the future. All of this is happening in the world today. But of course, not all uses of data are malign. Some are just flawed or need more work,

How tech companies...

 was very interesting genre you know it's sort of a malign genre in a certain way with but there's certain when people do it well they can really capture the essence of a moment in time in a place in themselves and in the place so I just

On the Road With Andrew...

 You glance over at this, and it says, "Asshead. Please help"? God. So there the violation is malign. It doesn't work. There is no such thing as funny in and of itself. Everything will be within the context and our expectations.

Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...

 The best culinary experience of my life. Because what I saw, I'm convinced, is the future of cooking. Ridiculous, right? Foie gras and the future of cooking. There's not a food today that's more maligned than foie gras, right?

Dan Barber: A surprising...

 it's worth recognizing that you probably already have. That pile of papers on your desk typically maligned as messy and disorganized, a pile of papers is, in fact, perfectly organized --

3 ways to make better...

 and made a good meme, an effective spreading meme. So that's how the idea came about. It's important to stick with that definition. The whole science of memetics is much maligned,