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Quotes About Arrogance

Sometimes I wonder how we can be so sure what it is God sees. How arrogant we are, I sometimes think, to imagine there's someone watching us every minute. To think our every action matters that much.
~ Carolyn Parkhurst
The man sitting alone so silent and strong So what if you're attracted for all the wrong reasons So what if your reasoning's wrong Call his indifference mystery Call his arrogance intellect All you've got to lose is your heart And a little self-respect. If you've got arrogance and indifference You can make them pay They're the most commercial product On the romantic market today.
~ Carrie Fisher
I don't believe people are across-the-board confident. If they are . . . well, they've misjudged the situation where there's an arrogant result. Mostly people have those few things they do well and hope those things make up for the other shit.
~ Carrie Fisher
Damn stupid vampires and their stupid sense of stupid superiority-
~ Carrie Vaughn
Without fully realizing it, however, I was actually placing myself in a godlike position of authority.
~ Caryl Matrisciana
The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.
~ Cassandra Clare
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogant words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and actions are weighed by Him.
~ George H. Guthrie
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
~ George Meredith
Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.
~ George R R Martin
Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king.
~ George R. R. Martin
At sixteen, he was cursed with all the certainty of youth, unleavened by any trace of humor or self-doubt, and wed to the arrogance that came so naturally to those born blond and strong and handsome.
~ George R. R. Martin
And who are you, the proud Lord said that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws. And, mine are as long and sharp, my Lord as long and sharp as yours. And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that Lord of Castamere, but now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear.
~ George R.R. Martin
Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him.
~ George R.R. Martin
Go Ahead, call me all the names you want," Sansa said airily. "You won't dare when I'm married to Joffrey. You'll have to bow and call me Your Grace." She shrieked as Arya flung the orange across the table. It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. "You have juice on your face, Your Grace ," Arya said.
~ George R.R. Martin
I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.
~ George R.R. Martin
Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck.
~ George R.R. Martin
They hate you because you act like you're better than they are
~ George R.R. Martin
They're both bungholes who think they're too noble to shit,
~ George R.R. Martin
The oft repeated jape about his father was just another lie, Lord Tywin Lannister in the end did not shit gold.
~ George R.R. Martin
Some people hurt others just because they can.
~ George R.R. Martin
Any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.
~ George R.R. Martin
What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise!
~ George R.R. Martin
Who in seven hells is this one?" "The Lord Commander of the Kingsguard," Jaime returned with cold courtesy. "I might ask the same of you, my lady." "Lady? I'm no lady. I'm the queen." "My sister will be surprised to hear that." "Lord Ryman crowned me his very self." She gave a shake of her ample hips. "I'm the queen o' whores." No, Jaime thought, my sweet sister holds that title too.
~ George R.R. Martin
Pride goes before a fall.
~ George R.R. Martin