Quotes About Arrogance

Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind; Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Half-learn'd witlings

A little learning is a dangerous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Well-bred' ensured buckled noses, high-arched feet, a predisposition to madness, and ... an innate belief in our own unquestioning superiority.

You could never be cruel. It's simply not in your nature." She smiled wryly at his arrogant assurance. "You sound very certain for a vampire who has only known me a few months." He arched a raven brow. "It's because I'm a vampire that I know. I can read your soul, Abby, and it is as pure and beautiful as any I have ever seen.

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

There was a joke going around campus when I was at Washington State. It went, 'What's the difference between God and Ryan Leaf?' The punchline was, 'God doesn't think he's Ryan Leaf.'

On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition, and it forges an elite that has an aristocracy's vices (privilege, insularity, arrogance) without the sense of duty, self-restraint and noblesse oblige that WASPs at their best displayed.

Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.

When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

The pivotal scene in 'AK,' where Jackie Shroff 's character Singaperumal parades around his room in the buff, is a metaphor for his false sense of prde and arrogance.

Eventually my ego is going to be the size of the planet Earth.

There are players who are arrogant, and players who probably need more self-confidence. But if you get the balance right, you can get the best out of yourself.

Enough of the 'Canada is a modest country' boasts. Please. Just stop.

I've always found it funny in life when you meet people who are incredibly stupid and incredibly confident at the same time. Actually, there is nothing funnier. I mean, Donald Trump is a perfect example: he's essentially a seven-year-old on a podium.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Clearly I've got an ego.

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

I was a cocky kid.

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.