Quotes About Arrogance

Son las alimañas mezquinas quienes siempre se sienten virtuosas y miran al resto del mundo por encima del hombro.

Non esistono libri modesti, capitano, ma ignoranze superbe.

Ah, intellectuals. And you wanted me to sign one up. What is it that the less one has to say the more one says it, and in the most pompous and pedantic way possible?" Corelli asked. "Is it to fool the world or to fool themselves?" [ Carlos Ruiz Zafón ? The Angel's Game ]

There are no modest books, only arrogant ignorance.

His eyes gave off an air of bravado and arrogance, of disdain and sugary politeness. Julián smiled at him openly, reading insecurity, fear, and emptiness under that shell of vanity and complacency.

tell me what you boast of and I'll tell you what you lack.

The incompetent always present themselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as devout, usurers as benefactors, the small-minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant, and the feeble-minded as intellectual

Why is it that the less one has to say the more one says it in the most pompous and pedantic way possible?... Is it to fool the world or just to fool themselves?

Scientific reasoning is useful to anyone in any job because it makes us face the possibility, even the dire reality, that we were mistaken. It forces us to confront our self-justifications and put them on public display for others to puncture. At its core, therefore, science is a form of arrogance control.   The

como no hablaba eso le hacía parecer superior.

Spears said that pride many times exonerates a greater stupidity than a blank brain.

I mean who the hell do you think you are, exactly? Saint Roland of the Perpetual Martyrdom?

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond repair.

Humans, with the arrogance of a supposedly superior species (tell that to your cat!), expect domestic animals to fit into their lifestyle. They bring cats into their homes and expect them to follow a human timetable and human rules.

Not only did Felix have a very high opinion of himself, but he was a man. Maybe the two were synonymous.

Arrogance generally is a bad thing, but with a band, somehow you have to have this gang mentality or this certain degree of arrogance to push forward an idea that's new enough that people aren't comfortable with it at first.

I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris.

Some people were arrogant jerks when they made $50,000 and some are arrogant jerks making $25 million. People are people, but 95 percent of NFL players are great guys.

'Restoring' is a very arrogant concept. If you're taking a house from 1812, do you restore it to how it looked the day after it was built, or restore it to the way it looked in 1828, or the way it looked in 1872? Do the minimum to stop it from falling apart, and then get away.

Cu to?ii suferim de megalomanie,ca s? nu trebuiasc? s? pl?tim ve?nica noastr? sibmediocritate.

We're so arrogant that we think we're studying music whereas we're not even capable of living, not even capable of existing, for we don't exist, we get existed...

Es una suerte poder desdeñar a alguien cuando la mayoría de nosotras se contenta con decir «¡Gracias!». Es como si lo oyera: «No, señor… valgo más que usted» o «Béseme los pies; mi cara es sólo para bocas importantes».

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.