It's hubris to think that the way we see things is…

“In the same way that the picturesque designers were always careful to include some reminder of our mortality in their gardens -- a ruin,…

— Michael Pollan

My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'

— Brian Aldiss

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of…

— Tom Hiddleston

“Jim Crow repeated the old strategies of the reptilian powers of the air: to convince human beings simultaneously and paradoxically that they are gods…

— Russell D. Moore

Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring.

— Jimmy Iovine

In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being…

— Cynthia Breazeal

“Nothing is more beautiful than to know all.”

— Athanasius Kircher

It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to…

— Hugh Howey

Empires always have the hubris to think they are indestructible, when in fact they are always unsustainable.

— Marianne Williamson

If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails…

— Plato

It now appears that the world is filled with people who believe that everyone should be interested in everything they have to say about…

— Alice McDermott

Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species

— Garrett Hardin

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

— Thucydides

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

— Larry Wall

“No experience of the failure of his policy could shake his belief in its essential excellence.”

— Babara Tuchman