Arrogance Quotes

545 Arrogance quotes by 441 unique authors

That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then… — Barack Obama
Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death — this infantile fixation of mine — was, at that moment, overwhelming. I… — Ingmar Bergman
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson — Barbara Mertz
Early in my career...I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility... I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been… — Frank Lloyd Wright
He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious. — Isabel Allende
There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them. — Unknown Author
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them… — David Hume
He had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I’d discovered, after a lot of extreme apprehension about what spoons to use, that if you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance,… — Sylvia Plath
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to… — Carl Sagan
The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature… — Rachel Carson
A little arrogance (or even a lot) isn't such a bad thing, although your mother undoubtedly told you different. Mine did. "Pride goeth before a… — Stephen King
No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy,… — Booth Tarkington
Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe—ever expanding. — Ilona Andrews
Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play. — Marisha Pessl
The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to… — Paul Johnson
wishes for sons by Lucille Clifton i wish them cramps. i wish them a strange town and the last tampon. I wish them no 7-11.… — Lucille Clifton
Its big men are mostly little men with fancy offices and a lot of money. A great many of them are stupid little men, with… — Raymond Chandler
..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems. — Muhammad Yunus
You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with. — Amy Tan
[F]rank knew he was guilty of arrogance and misanthropy, but he compensated by being kind to strangers and tipping really well at restaurants. — Sherman Alexie
Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes… — Francis Chan
Both worry and stress reek of arrogance. — Francis Chan
The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys. — Neil Gaiman
Casual?" Elam halted and crossed his arms. "My good horse, there's a big difference between casual and confident. I am aware of the danger, but......I… — Bryan Davis

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