Arrogance Quotes

An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.
Benoit Mandelbrot

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism; the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.
Henry S. Canby

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.
James Michener

Arrogance diminishes wisdom

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.
Chris Lowe

It is arrogance to expect that life will always be music.... Harmony, like a following breeze at sea, is the exception. In a world where most things wind up broken or lost, our lot is to tack and tune.
Harvey Oxenhorn

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Arrogance frowns; pride smiles.

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.

Arrogance and snobbism live in adjoining rooms and use a common currency.
Morley Safer

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.
Cyrano De Bergerac

In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility.
Master Jin Kwon

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
Baron Wessenberg

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

Arrogance and rudeness are training wheels on the bicycle of life -- for weak people who cannot keep their balance without them.

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.







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