Smug Quotes

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In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and… — Rowan Atkinson
One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly… — Jo Brand
Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect. — Dominique Pire
The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man. — James Boswell
You don't always have to go so far as to murder your darlings â€“ those turns of phrase or images of which you felt extra… — Diana Athill
John Updike: our greatest suburban chic-boutique man of letters. A smug and fatal complacency has stunted his growth beyond hope of surgical repair. Not enough… — Edward Abbey
Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer afford. The computer,… — Studs Terkel
Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution. — Andrew Solomon
I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners. — Chris Ware
Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this in their zeal… — James Berardinelli
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray youâ€™ll never know The hell where youth and… — Eugene B. Sledge
We Christians are debtors to all men at all times in all places, but we are so smug to the lostness of men. We've been… — Leonard Ravenhill
Kinder the enemy who must malign us Than the smug friend who will define us — Anna Wickham
I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's… — Colin Firth
I've got such a disgusting, wide, smug grin on my face all the time that my friends just want to slap me. I've never been… — Holly Valance
I saw a great Newfoundland dog the other day sitting in front of a mirror at the entrance to a shop in Regent's Circus, and… — Jerome K. Jerome
The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive,… — Norman Tebbit
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. — Rachel Field
Let it not be assumed that the artist is so smug as to dislike true criticism. No sincere artist was ever completely satisfied with his… — Walter J. Phillips
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually… — Clarence Darrow

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