Quotes About Arrogance

The thing about people who work in finance is that they consider their job infinitely more important than anything or anyone, and so it's perfectly legitimate to tell everyone else to fuck off because they have a conference call with Dubai.

When you see a woman in silks and sables and diamonds speak to a little errand girl or a footman or a scullery maid as though they were the dirt under her feet, you may be sure of one thing; she hasn't come a very long way from the ground herself.

Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.

la soberbia es puro ego concentrado, apaga la luz interior... ?

Qué caras! ¡Qué tipos! Era la burguesía anodina y zafia de todo el Globo pronta a volcarse en las entrañas del paquebote para recrearse en un viaje de circunvolución mediterránea que iba a durar un mes y del que volverían tan anodinos y tan zafios como se habían marchado, pero llenos de la soberbia y de la presunción que dan ciertos nombres de leyenda a quien los pronuncia sin estar habituado a ellos.

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.

America: the name itself is synonymous with imperialism - you've taken the name of two entire continents & claimed it as your own, & shut out anyone else from using it.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

The two of them stared at the dog behind the wire. Lassie stood, ignoring them as if she were a queen and they were beings so far beneath her that she could not see them.

Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.

We are saying that women -- as a sex -- are not more sinful than men. Women are not more deceivable than men. Women are not less intelligent than men. Women are not more prone to error than men. Women are not more dangerous than men. Women are not more arrogant or domineering than men. Women are not to be viewed with more suspicion than men. All women are born into sin, unrighteous by both nature and choice -- as are all men.

The more stupid one is, the more he thinks he thinks he knows.

Arrogance was unattractive enough when it was attached to true talent or brilliance. Attached to childishness, it was just plain irritating.

Alles, was gigantische Formen annimmt, kann imponieren, auch die Dummheit.

To fly too high and fall, to go too deep and get stuck, these are alike symptoms of an overvaluation of the ego that ends in disaster, death, or madness.

What the hell makes you so smart?" I asked. "I wouldn't go for coffee with you, " she answered. "Listen -- I wouldn't ask you." "That, "she replied "is what makes you stupid.

Wichtigtuer sind zwar zu gut erzogen, um mit vollem Mund zu sprechen. Aber sie haben keine Bedenken, es mit leerem Kopf zu tun.

Mans vanity transgresses death

Nor did this stupid bird," crowed Cloudpaw, flicking his tail smugly.

Ignore him," Goldenflower advised. "He's so full of himself that he's got no room left for brains.

Just what I'd expect from ThunderClan. Thinking they should keep this secret to themselves—that they're the only Clan that matters!