Quotes About Arrogance

When a young man was boasting in the theater and saying, I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men; Epictetus said, I also have conversed with many rich men, but I am not rich.

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men, Epictetus replied, I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!

It is no light thing, said he, to endure poverty uncomplainingly; and a difficult thing to bear wealth without becoming arrogant.

The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is the surrendering and humbling of the self breed pride and arrogance. The true believer is apt to see himself as one of the chosen, the salt of the earth, the light of the world, a prince disguised in meekness, who is destined to inherit the earth and the kingdom of heaven too. He who is not of his faith is evil; he who will not listen will perish.

There is no surer way of infecting ourselves with virulent hatred toward a person than by doing him a grave injustice. That others have a just grievance against us is a more potent reason for hating them than that we have a just grievance against them. We do not make people humble and meek when we show them their guilt and cause them to be ashamed of themselves. We are more likely to stir their arrogance and rouse in them a reckless aggressiveness.

To design the perfect anti-Unix, write an operating system that thinks it knows what you're doing better than you do. And then adds injury to insult by getting it wrong.

We cannot ignore the meaning of mad cow. It is one more warning about unintended consequences, about human arrogance and the blind worship of science.

Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.

Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are of the arrogant generations who believe a lasting happiness was promised to us at birth. Promised? By whom?

Il s'en dégage un bonheur espiègle qu'on associe rarement aux ancêtres disparus. Ils recevaient de la vie moins que nous n'en recevons, mais ils en attendaient beaucoup moins aussi, et ils cherchaient moins que nous à régenter l'avenir. Nous sommes les générations arrogantes qui sont persuadées qu'un bonheur durable leur a été promis à la naissance - promis ? mais par qui donc ? »

Everyone's revving their engine, slapping their big metal dicks around so we can see how fast they're going to be. Of course, it also warms the engine up so it's all loose and sloppy and tight when it needs to be, which is sort of sexual too, so I guess it's a fuck-fest all the way around.

How wise people thought themselves when they often knew nothing about what they were talking!

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.

Well, we don't have to work often for this to be much trouble." The Padrone smiled. "Besides, even Dante described the Florentines as greedy, envious, and arrogant people. It is good to keep a bit of distance from this city.

The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game.

People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.

Lacey had this huge chip on his shoulder. He walked into the room thinking that the people didn't welcome him and didn't like him. He gave the impression that he didn't understand the Voice and New York, and he didn't want to.

Hillary Clinton has her own issues with just her own arrogance as a leader; that has been well known for a long time.

There's no doubt in my mind that people on the West Coast - L.A. particularly - and the East Coast have no clue at all about what's happening outside their own little bailiwick. And they think everybody is stupid because they are not sophisticated.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

When you work and earn money as a child, you need to be confident, but it can make you a bit precocious, and I think I was a bit of a pain for a while when I was young.

I've always been cast in authority roles; I think because I have that presence... Comedically, I can play against that pretty well. I enjoy playing that arrogant ignorance. That's one of my favorite games to play in comedy.