Smug Quotes
70 Smug quotes by 64 unique authors
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If you don’t come back to the Keep, then I’ll be right. And every time you see me, I’ll be insufferably smug.” “And how’s that…
— Maria V. Snyder
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I've always resented the smug statements of politicians, media commentators, corporate executives who talked of how, in America, if you worked hard you would become…
— Howard Zinn
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It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to…
— Sylvia Plath
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But in my head I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words: "Yes, that's what I'm looking for, sweetheart.
— Suzanne Collins
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Tea? At the beach? No time for luxuries, Holly. There is important work to be done.” He winked at Butler. “Are you sure you’re at…
— Eoin Colfer
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy and smug…
— Caitlin Moran
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I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with…
— Lee Child
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As for my brothers,' Zeus said, 'we are thankful -' he cleared his throat, like the words were hard to get out - 'erm, thankful…
— Rick Riordan
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You don’t sound very patriotic,” observed Tessa. “Weren’t you just reminiscing about the mountains?” “Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said.…
— Cassandra Clare
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I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.
— Martin McDonagh
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For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.
— Tom Hollander
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug…
— Caitlin Moran
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I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of what I now…
— Ellen McLaughlin
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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In my love-challenged condition, seeing a difficulty for someone else can leave me feeling a little more smug or superior-by-comparison.
— John Ortberg
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As for my brothers, Zeus said, we are thankful-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to get out-erm, thankful for the aid of…
— Percy Jackson
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You were such a great bestfriend To do this to me Wasn't you, You knew how much I liked him You knew how much I…
— TheShadowOfhell
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I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.
— Colin Firth
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A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.
— Unknown Author
Who Wrote These Smug Quotes
64 authors contributed a total of 70 Smug Quotes, led by these top contributors: