"But, actually, so many of the clerics that……" — Rowan Atkinson
"But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society."
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64 Quotes by Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson has 64 quotes on this site.
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Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.
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You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a…
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
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I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be…
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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things…
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I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for…
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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.
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I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a…
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music,…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
— Isaac Asimov
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Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in…
— Eric Bana
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.
— Joe Biden
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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.…
— Theodore Bikel
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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
— Aesop
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The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness…
— Alain de Botton
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It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
— Edmund Burke
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