Quotes About Arrogance

No, the one thing all IT people do have in common is this: They think they know better than the boss.

Prayeressness is the first sign of prideful independence. We begin to trim back our secret time with God when we're feeling great about ourselves, energetic and optimistic about our future, and confident about the path we're taking. It's the first sign that we're getting full of ourselves.

When asked if he was better than Morphy, Steinitz, and Capablanca, Fischer responded, Well, I don't like to put things like that in print, it sounds so egotistical. But to answer your question, Yes."- Ginzburg interview, Harper's Magazine 1962

We filthy rich till we decompose When we pass people squeeze them nose

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

which begs a question. What precisely is genius? I believe that genius is not a person but a process, a process in which someone determines to uncover their gift and, for a period, is able to step inside it. The "gift" is a self-explanatory state, and like a prize awarded in a DNA lotto—say, being born into beauty or into wealth—genius is no reason for arrogance.

Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.

Oh what a wanker I am the greatest wanker of 'em all!

C'est drôle comme les gens qui se croient instruits éprouvent le besoin de faire chier le monde.

Pride would be a lot easier to swallow if it didn't taste so bad.

The stupidest men are the ones who think they can't be wrong. The stupidest men are the ones who are most sure. The stupidest men are the ones who don't know what they don't know.

Rich guys like me don't go to prison. We—gasp!—pay fines.

When you're all alone out there, on the end of the typewriter, with each new story a new appraisal by the world of whether you can still get it up or not, arrogance and self-esteem and deep breathing are all you have. It often looks like egomania. I assure you it's the bold coverup of the absolutely terrified.

To condemn Wordsworth for not writing verse of political and social protest, or for having forsaken the revolution, is to cross the final divide between academic arrogance and moral smugness.

It's pretty thin, the wall separating healthy confidence and unhealthy Pride.

Give me time, I thought, and I can turn out something much better. This may sound arrogant for someone who not long before had never given a thought to writing a novel. It even sounds arrogant to me. In all honesty, though, anyone who lacks that level of arrogance is unlikely to become a novelist.

As with most people who are well raised, well educated, and financially secure, Dr. Tokai only thought of himself.

Whenever things were going well, I started to feel vain.

How could we not look down on people when they were looking up at us?

Parte de la arrogancia de la juventud (bueno, digo juventud por decir algo)radica en la suposición de que tus padres dejarán todo lo que estén haciendo y te recibirán con los brazos abiertos en cuanto tú decidas aparecer.

this sort of, arrogant individualism which imagines each new generation can somehow create the world afresh.

What a blessing to be born with such Sloaney arrogance. Perpetua could be the size of a Renault Espace and not give it a thought.

Hubris is interesting, because you get people who are often very clever, very powerful, have achieved great things, and then something goes wrong - they just don't know when to stop.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.