Complacent Quotes

115 quotes by 108 authors

[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall, if… — Harold Wilson
Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether you're… — Charles de Lint
Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls... — Mitt Romney
I think that we, as human beings, always need to conquer our fears and reach beyond our grasp and I think it's very important that… — Jonathan Nolan
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion. — Gerald R. Ford
Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say… — Amber Heard
You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing. — Joan Jett
This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill… — Charles Krauthammer
No one tells you that your life is effectively over when you have a child: that you're never going to draw another complacent breath again...… — Anne Lamott
We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed… — Thabo Mbeki
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most… — W. Somerset Maugham
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions? — Camille Paglia
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity. — Nancy Pearcey
People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage… — Jeremy Renner
Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John… — Mitt Romney
Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always… — Venus Williams
You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. — Venus Williams
The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly… — Martin Filler
It is not the repeated mistakes, the long succession of petty betrayals--though, God knows, they would give cause enough for anxiety and self-contempt--but the huge… — Dag Hammarskjold
Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on… — Walt Whitman

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