As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The presumptuous sin of Uzzah was that He assumed his hands were less polluted than the dirt. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How presumptuous they both had been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge.” — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Conscience, the organ of feeling which dominates us and of the opinions which rule us, is presumptuous in the strong, timid in… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“to look at a work of art and then to make a judgement as to whether or not it is art, and… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How presumptuous of someone to think the world is interested in a half-dozen or eight or 10 of their kids. — Anne Nicol Gaylor Copy Share Image
Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was… — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I was 13 years old at music school talking to my teacher. I can't quite remember what it was I was trying… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I know very well that because I am unlettered some presumptuous people will think they have the right to criticize me, saying… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I was ordered to go for flowers, that my mistress's house might be decorated for an evening party. I spent the day… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for us, that… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
That politeness which we put on, in order to keep the assuming and the presumptuous at a proper distance will generally succeed.… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I came out to Los Angeles for a couple of meetings in the summer of 2005, and I ended up getting a… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
Connection" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous. ...I don't doubt that instant communication… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I Must warn you, Iris, that I'm not a believer. And though I'm sure that the revelations of other men must be… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
To say that I have found the answer to all riddles of the soul would be inaccurate and presumptuous. But in the… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Your eyes have turned as black as a Crow’s,” she blurted out. He didn’t even blink over her bizarre comment. “Not this… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
We are presumptuous not when we marvel at His grace, but when we reject it. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It's presumptuous for us to think we are the only beings in the cosmos. — Louis Gossett, Jr Copy Share Image
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Who am I to stop everybody just to tell my stupid story? It's presumptuous. — Brendan Benson Copy Share Image
They believe the bible is the exact word of God - Then they change the bible! Pretty presumptuous, hu huh? "I think… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
A photograph is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
