"Now he realized the truth: that sacrifice was……" — F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Now he realized the truth: that sacrifice was no purchase of freedom. It was like a great elective office, it was like an inheritance of power - to certain people at certain times an essential luxury, carrying with it not a guarantee but a responsibility, not a security but an infinite risk. Its very momentum might drag him down to ruin - the passing of the emotional wave that made it possible might leave the one who made it high and dry forever on an island of despair...Sacrifice by its very nature was arrogant and impersonal; sacrifice should be eternally supercilious."
—
F. Scott Fitzgerald
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
More Arrogant Quotes
This quote is filed under Arrogant Quotes,
one of 477 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.
— John Banville
-
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
— Simone de Beauvoir
-
Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take…
— Justin Bieber
-
I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people…
— Bjork
-
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
— Tony Blair
-
Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.
— Danny Boyle
-
If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to…
— Tony Campolo
-
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.…
— Sherman Alexie
-
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
-
I don't believe in talking about my work. I let it speak for itself. I'd rather make money than just…
— Shailender Singh
-
Microsoft has gotten so big that it can put out a Preview that will install itself without checking first to…
— Jerry Pournelle
-
If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
— Sun Tzu
See all 477 Arrogant Quotes »