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
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
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
It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away -… — Dan Aykroyd 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
I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionize pop music. The last revolution was launched by… — Lady Gaga 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
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
I think [religion] is presumptuous and I think it is silly, because it makes you believe that you are less than what… — Harlan Ellison 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
God's mercy is a holy mercy, which knows how to pardon sin, not to protect it; it is a sanctuary for the… — Edward Reynolds Copy Share Image
Communities now find themselves in possession of improvements [resulting from the WPA] which even in 1929 they would have thought themselves presumptuous… — Harry Hopkins 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
Faith comes and goes. It rises and falls like the tides of an invisible ocean. If it is presumptuous to think that… — Flannery O'Connor 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 idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts… — Robert Southey 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
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
It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's… — Vidal Sassoon Copy Share Image