Hubris Quotes

53 quotes by 46 authors

Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same… — Andrew Greeley
Such hubris could only come from a man's mouth. — Janet Morris
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. — Larry Wall
The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either partly wrong or… — Wendell Berry
The Modern Self must confront the shadow of hubris. — Richard Tarnas
Americans need to understand that they have lost their country. The rest of the world needs to recognize that Washington is not merely the most… — Paul Craig Roberts
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris — Thucydides
Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not the brain, we… — David Foreman
I had, by thirteen, developed a sort of Taoist hubris about my ability to control via non-control. — David Foster Wallace
So with each advance in understanding come new questions. So we need to be very humble. We shouldn't have hubris and think that we can… — Max Tegmark
Hubris itself will not let you be an artist. — Larry Wall
It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is. — Lisa Randall
It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this — Steve Albini
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create… — Oliver North
The folly and hubris of the policy makers who heedlessly thrust the nation into an ill-defined and open-ended 'global war on terror' without the foggiest… — Andrew Bacevich
The US is not a superpower. The US is a financially dependent country that foreign lenders can close down at will. Washington still hasnâ€™t learned… — Paul Craig Roberts
Let's face it, we're skunk drunk and it's because of money. It's almost like we all need to enter Betty Ford Clinic 2.0 together. This… — Steve Rubel
Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species — Garrett Hardin
For talking monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to… — Terence McKenna
The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this:… — Wesley Clark

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