Quotes About Arrogance

The ninth Earl of Ellesmere had his chin thrust out as far as it would go, but the defiant look in his eye was tempered with a certain doubt as he intercepted Jamie's cold blue gaze. Jamie set the horse's hoof down slowly, just as slowly stood up, and drawing himself to his full height of six feet four, put his hands on his hips, looked down at the Earl, three feet six, and said, very softly, "No.

The ninth Earl of Ellesmere had his chin thrust out as far as it would go, but the defiant look in his eye was tempered with a certain doubt as he intercepted Jamie's cold blue gaze. Jamie set the horse's hoof down slowly, just as slowly stood up, and drawing himself to his full height of six feet four, put his hands on his , looked down at the Earl, three feet six, and said, very softly, "No.

Ah?" he said, vaguely. "No, I dinna think so. Still," he said with a smile, pulling his attention suddenly back to her, "I wouldna be likely to. A young burke of sixteen's too taken up wi' his own grand self to pay much heed to what he thinks are naught but a rabble of snot-nosed bairns.

The English officer was coming back toward the cabin, passing within a few feet of me. I glanced up, and my hands froze. He was tall, slender but broad-shouldered, and I would have known that long stride, that unself-conscious grace, and that arrogant tilt of the head anywhere. He paused, frowning, and turned his head to survey the littered field. His nose was straight as a knife blade, just that tiny bit too long.

in my arrogance I had omitted to make proper sacrifice—for

Now, I am not basically a nice person. I _am_ snice, arrogant, and short-tempered. I try to overcome these things, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

It is a form of arrogance to assume that other people are even thinking about you.

I used to say the world was my ATM.

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

Naahhh... I don't like KRS no more 'cause he just think he's too dope.

I think I can do things better than other people, which is dreadful.

You're dumber than you think I think you are.

What I hate is that not many people admit to having a big ego, but you have to - and there's nothing wrong with it.

You cannot outperform your ego.

I can't live off the ego.

It's not good to have a huge ego.

I don't think it's wrong to have a big ego. Sometimes a big ego can help you also.

I think the concept of ego has kind of taken over for a lot of people in our industry.

The worst quality in a man is a really big ego - that would turn me off.

I can't stand being around anal people, especially anal people with big egos.

You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.

I'm a very egotistical person.

As Americans, I think we're a very entitled bunch.

Every time I think you've reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe—ever expanding.