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Quotes About Arrogance

Conceited little megapuppy.
~ Douglas Adams
man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.
~ Douglas Adams
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.
~ Douglas Adams
there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
~ Douglas Adams
Crawl to your God, you arrogant bastard. See if your God doesn't look at the slime trail you leave behind you and throw you to the buzzards. You heartless, sad little man. You don't even have a soul. You killed it years ago. I want you to die. You got that? I want you to die.
~ Douglas Coupland
quotation from Einstein: 'The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.' I would suggest to Dr. Chauncy that in combination, the two qualities are even more alarming.
~ Douglas Preston
The most dangerous people were those who knew they were always right.
~ Douglas Preston
A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
~ Aeschylus
Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
~ Aeschylus
Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.
~ Aeschylus
The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!
~ Aesop
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
~ Aesop
Pride goes before destruction.
~ Aesop
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
~ Aesop
They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.
~ Agatha Christie
E un fenomen foarte des întâlnit. Dac? v?d vreodat? pe cineva care pare s? aib? o p?rere foarte bun? despre sine ?i se laud? f?r? încetare, ?tiu de fiecare dat? c? undeva exist? un tainic sentiment de inferioritate.
~ Agatha Christie
I often find these self-made men are inconsiderate. Very possibly that is why they amass such large fortunes.
~ Agatha Christie
You are, madame, so perfectly armoured, so completely sure of yourself.' 'Now I wonder, if I am to take that as a compliment?' 'It is, perhaps, a warning--not to treat life with arrogance.
~ Agatha Christie
Shaitana was a man who prided himself on his Mephistophelian attitude to life. He was a man of great vanity. He was also a stupid man-that's why he is dead.
~ Agatha Christie
But even then you have to reckon with a criminal's chief vice.' 'What is that?' ' Conceit. A criminal never believes that his crime can fail.
~ Agatha Christie
Aku benci melihat orang yang merasa puas diri. Hal itu membangkitkan semua naluri jahatku.
~ Agatha Christie
Snobbery here raised its hideous head and marooned her on a permanent island of loneliness.
~ Agatha Christie
Guy Carpenter frowned and came into the drawing room through the window. He had a long face like a horse, he was pale and looked rather supercilious. His manner was pompous. Hercule Poirot found him unattractive.
~ Agatha Christie
Flora is like all these young girls nowadays, with no veneration for their betters and thinking they know best on every subject under the sun,
~ Agatha Christie