“What made a person good also made a person bad. Confidence could easily become arrogance. A sense of humor was only ever… — Anna Pitoniak Copy Share Image
“It was a kind of arrogance, perhaps, to believe so in one's destiny. But, on the other hand, who could be more… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
“There is a thin line between arrogance and intelligence… and quitting for a short time didn’t meant failure….!!!” — Arun Prabhu- aradhya Copy Share Image
“Robinson’s fierce quest for spiritual purity had been tempered by the realization that little was to be gained by arrogance and anger.” — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A true revolution of values will see that the western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Arrogance,” I said. “I feel stupid.” “Good,” Michael said. “It’s good for everyone to feel that way sometimes. It helps remind you… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“The arrogance of wealth and the dejection of wretchedness, capital cities of unwonted extent, a lax morality, a vulgar egotism, and a… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Cardan puts up a hand. 'No, no, enough. It's all too tedious to explain. I declare this meeting at an end.' His… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
The world is a big place. There are lots of smart people in it. Entrepreneurs are kidding themselves if they think they… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“Do you ever leave your arrogance at home or does it follow you wherever you go? - Alex This isn't arrogance, I'm… — Lisa De Jong Copy Share Image
And the name of the one shall be Fearfulness. And the name of the other shall be Arrogance... Well, clearly you are… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The arrogance of writing comes not from the finished creation, but from the very act itself. What hubris is required for a… — Alec Hutson Copy Share Image
Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the the greatest joy in nature is the absence of… — Bliss Carman Copy Share Image
To have arrived on this earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Much arrogance is necessary equipment for an artist, I think. Not sufficient, but necessary. It carries one across the gaps. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The pivotal scene in 'AK,' where Jackie Shroff 's character Singaperumal parades around his room in the buff, is a metaphor for… — Thiagarajan Kumararaja Copy Share Image
“Confidence could easily become arrogance. A sense of humor was only ever a few rungs away from cruelty. *” — Anna Pitoniak Copy Share Image
Once you have looked in, once you have come down from the head, once you have left the arrogance of the head… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance, by a desire to control oil wealth, by a desire to implant our… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“For when he was poor, he had an unpretentious heart, but when he became rich, he became filled with arrogance.” — Charmaine J Forde Copy Share Image
Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way, but please remember there is a fine line between confidence & arrogance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. All the time, we find animals doing things… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Four things are destroyed by the other fours: kindness by ingratitude, strength (of government) by crime, power by power and human love… — Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Copy Share Image
The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything. — John Hope Bryant Copy Share Image
“But it is arrogance that keeps one alive: the belief that one can choose, that one' choice is important, that one is… — Penelope Mortimer Copy Share Image
Now I can let these dream killers kill my self esteem-or use my arrogance as steam to power my dreams! — Kanye West Copy Share Image
There's a difference between confidence and acting like you know everything. Please learn it before accusing someone of the latter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everybody has their detractors. Some people say arrogance, or whatever they may say. I only have one thing in mind, and that's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Ah well, I suppose that's the problem with trying to make others follow your own beliefs: what starts out as spiritual ardor… — Persia Woolley Copy Share Image
How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette) — Robert Ludlum Copy Share Image
