Quotes About Arrogance

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

When she saw him come nigh, she said, Away, kitchen knave, out of the wind, for the smell of thy bawdy clothes grieveth me.

Hans Castorp was, for his own person, quite without arrogance; yet a larger arrogance, the pride of caste and tradition, stood written on his brow and in his sleepy-looking eyes, and voiced itself in the conviction of his own superiority, which came over him when he measured Frau Chauchat for what she was.

Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real

But the pride of those who live as if they believed they were better than anyone else is rooted in a secret failure to believe in their own goodness.

When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.

No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers. Like

Fate punishes the proud

Fate punishes the proud, and dashes hope

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.

Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields...

Just 'cause she's farting through silk doesn't mean she can shit on people who don't have any money.

It's not the innocence that made him so certain. It's the arrogance of his guilt.

There was something naïve, sweetly arrogant about the doctor's assumption that everyone wanted to live forever.

Those who shouldn't are often those who most willingly flaunt it.

You really do think you're the cat's pajamas, don't you?" I asked Raphael, annoyed with his arrogance.

You are too arrogant for your own good. I officially de-mate you. Go away. I never want to see you again. Except maybe tonight. Naked. Your place. But after that, no more.

We should never, ever believe life- or history- holds no surprises for us. That way lies arrogance. And arrogance can blind us to the truth . . . Any truth. All truth.

I, the great and powerful D.S. will create a harem for all the women in the world!!!! For a woman, no greater joy exists in the entire universe than to fuck me, the ultimate sex symbol!!!

You may be an expert in environmental protection policy, but when it comes to science, you're an amateur. How much do you actually know about undersea resource development? If you truly want to come up with a solution that allows both, you'll need to have the same amount of knowledge and experience with both. It's arrogant to think that knowing only one is sufficient. Only by respecting the other side's work and way of thinking can you open a path for compromise.

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.

Some men think the sun comes up just to hear them crow.

Every jackass thinks he's got horse sense.

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past