Quotes about Arrogant

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. Votes: 5

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world. Votes: 4

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right. Votes: 4

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused. Votes: 4

I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself. Votes: 4

Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment. Votes: 4

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken. Votes: 3

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. Votes: 3

Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am. Votes: 3

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy. Votes: 3

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. Votes: 3

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. Votes: 3

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own. Votes: 3

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are. Votes: 3

I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible. Votes: 3

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. Votes: 3

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft. Votes: 3

Am I Getting Lazy? Am I Too Busy? Am I Becoming Arrogant? Am I Getting Timid? If you answer 'yes' to any one of these questions, that's your warning to Kick that attitude! Votes: 3

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail. Votes: 3

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election. Votes: 3

The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out. Votes: 3

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. Votes: 3

Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but and absolutely marvellous minor poet, I think, and a great scholar. Votes: 3

Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike most people as irrationally confident, but that's how they got to the top. Votes: 3

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. Votes: 3

Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned. Votes: 3

I think [G.W.] Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people. Votes: 3

I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of. Votes: 3

I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it. Votes: 3

I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble us and humor himself. Know-it-alls, pseudo-intellectuals, militant anti-theists, for Christ's sake, or rather their own sake, best beware of getting roasted by their own medicine. Ah! Our delusions of trying to argue against an omniscient Creator. Votes: 3

Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant. Votes: 1

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions. Votes: 1

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect. Votes: 1

Often times, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become. Votes: 1

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. Votes: 1

Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive. Votes: 1

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth. Votes: 1

Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom. Votes: 1

Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take a look back because maybe I'm good-looking, right? Votes: 1

Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect. Votes: 1

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost. Votes: 1

Liberals are some of the most arrogant, condescending smart alecks, but they're just pure ignorant, and they fit the bill of people who have no love and no respect for the founding of this country. Votes: 1

I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.' Votes: 1

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge. Votes: 1

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. Votes: 1

I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still. Votes: 1

I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn't want to become a writer - it just happened. Votes: 1

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don't give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have. Votes: 1

I'd say I'm a bit antimadridista although I do not know where my future will be, but it's a team that I never liked. I get the impression that it is an arrogant club, about how the players are. Without humility, you cannot get anywhere. Votes: 1

As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there. Votes: 1

Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It's not a place that's built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it bats its eyelids, it's glamorous, beautiful, attractive, smart, and it's very hard to get away from its magnetic pull. Votes: 1

Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don't think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night. Votes: 1

An arrogant laughs at repentance." Votes: 0

What is more arrogant than honesty? Votes: 0

Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant. Votes: 0

Control is not humble; control is arrogant. Votes: 0

Failures teach you. Success makes you arrogant Votes: 0

Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature. Votes: 0

The Washington bureaucracy is too arrogant and imperial. Votes: 0

"Science" is pedantic, arrogant, esoteric and often insane. Votes: 0

Braying of arrogant brass, whimper of querulous reeds. Votes: 0

I can be arrogant, I can be insufferable. Votes: 0

All empires become arrogant. It is their nature. Votes: 0

If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. Votes: 0

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice. Votes: 0

a person who is arrogant is also ignorant! Votes: 0

Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion. Votes: 0

All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory... Votes: 0

I wouldn't necessarily say I'm arrogant. I'm just confident. Votes: 0

Worrying is arrogant because God knows what He's doing. Votes: 0

James Lipton: The most pompous arrogant failure in history. Votes: 0

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary. Votes: 0

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is. Votes: 0

John [Kricfalusi] is so arrogant. He thinks he's me! Votes: 0

Ain't got no comparison and I ain't being arrogant. Votes: 0

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. ... Votes: 0

Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant. Votes: 0

Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant. Votes: 0

Stop being so..." "Charming?Attractive?Irresistible? "I'm going with arrogant. Votes: 0

Those who call themselves art photographers are pompous, arrogant egoists. Votes: 0

Can anyone be arrogant when he stands beside the cross? Votes: 0

When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor. Votes: 0

The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant. Votes: 0

That's the poisoned chalice: when you're shy, people assume you're arrogant. Votes: 0

If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt. Votes: 0

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns. Votes: 0

Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met. Votes: 0

If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant. Votes: 0

Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance. Votes: 0

One can become as intellectually arrogant about spirituality as about empirical science. Votes: 0

I am who I am: confident, arrogant, dominant, honest, hard-working and innovative. Votes: 0

I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant. Votes: 0

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant. Votes: 0

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant? Votes: 0

The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are. Votes: 0

If the prisoner is beaten, it is an arrogant expression of fear. Votes: 0

Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry. Votes: 0

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity. Votes: 0

I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought. Votes: 0

Anna, there's something very arrogant about insisting on the right to be right. Votes: 0

I'm very arrogant and mean. I'm almost like a bad guy professional wrestler. Votes: 0

To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate. Votes: 0

Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power. Votes: 0

I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant. Votes: 0

To put an arrogant 'famous' singer in her place: pretend to be deaf. Votes: 0

A woman's intuition has often proved truer than a man's arrogant assumption of knowledge. Votes: 0

The whole basis for the US intervention in Colombia is outrageously racist and arrogant. Votes: 0

Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help. Votes: 0

No arrogant man has ever touched the human heart, no despot ever commanded respect. Votes: 0

An ordinary man gets arrogant with beauty, conceited with knowledge and ruthless with power. Votes: 0

These are the most arrogant pricks in the world starting with Belichick on down. Votes: 0

In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive. Votes: 0

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant. Votes: 0

You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life. Votes: 0

Yes I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant. Votes: 0

I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right. Votes: 0

Knowledge does not corrupt, unless it is arrogant; but then it is not true knowledge. Votes: 0

I just think that when my confidence meets other people's insecurity, that equals Kanye's arrogant. Votes: 0

There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills. Votes: 0

I am number one in the world, so I have the right to be arrogant Votes: 0

Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained. Votes: 0

They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant. Votes: 0

The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn. Votes: 0

Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it's not arrogant. Votes: 0

I've always thought it was arrogant to write about yourself, particularly when you're still alive. Votes: 0

if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable. Votes: 0

You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant. Votes: 0

I don't like to compare things to other things. It always sounds arrogant in print. Votes: 0

I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone's religion or belief. Votes: 0

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride. Votes: 0

I know that sounds arrogant, but you can't not be special and have a 30-year career. Votes: 0

You make me sound like an arrogant ass," he said."Are you?""No! I'm just me. Votes: 0

... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation. Votes: 0

If there's anything more arrogant than a Marine on a horse, it's one in a plane. Votes: 0

There is no control and perfection is arrogant. Practice messiness, letting go, and doing things badly. Votes: 0

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking. Votes: 0

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious. Votes: 0

In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view. Votes: 0

Don't be arrogant,Because there are a lot of people that still be better than you. Votes: 0

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. Votes: 0

Holy crap, my heart was arrogant to believe her spotless track record could stay that way. Votes: 0

Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant. Votes: 0

Golf is an arrogant, elitist game that takes up entirely too much space in this country. Votes: 0

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. Votes: 0

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one. Votes: 0

I'm arrogant, but not so much that I'd irresponsibly save someone just to brag about it Votes: 0

Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person. Votes: 0

Right now, America looks like a fatheaded, shortsighted, gas-guzzling arrogant blowhard to the rest of the world. Votes: 0

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. Votes: 0

Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature. Votes: 0

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant. Votes: 0

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Votes: 0

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field. Votes: 0

I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. Votes: 0

I'm not actually an arrogant guy. It's just that, truthfully, nobody else can really compare to me. Votes: 0

The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity. Votes: 0

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant. Votes: 0

It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them. Votes: 0

You will never be able to live with two kinds of people; greedy rich and arrogant poor. Votes: 0

It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's. Votes: 0

We're all far too afraid of being so arrogant to say "Either you can or you can't." Votes: 0

It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's. Votes: 0

People call us arrogant, but just because we know we are right, it doesn't make us arrogant. Votes: 0

Never be arrogant or abrasive. Treat your opponent respectfully if they really and truly believe they are right. Votes: 0

However, there is something you should have. Something every Shadowhunter should have." "An obnoxious, arrogant attitude?" Simon said. Votes: 0

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid. Votes: 0

English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy). Votes: 0

Homophobia is the ignorant and arrogant assumption that copulation and reproduction is all there is to a relationship. Votes: 0

There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth. Votes: 0

Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and"”oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point. Votes: 0

God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked. Votes: 0

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength. Votes: 0

Of course [I believe in aliens]. Are you so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe? Votes: 0

I eat haughty, arrogant, manipulative, self-important bitches like you for breakfast, sugar. And then I go back for seconds. Votes: 0

Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant. Votes: 0

The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant. Votes: 0

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists. Votes: 0

Not to be arrogant, but I have a lot of hits, so my phone stay ringing, but it's consistent. Votes: 0

Not to sound arrogant, but what I did in one year, others couldn't do in their entire collegiate careers. Votes: 0

I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself. Votes: 0

I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. Votes: 0

It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself. Votes: 0

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant. Votes: 0

I don't want to sound arrogant or anything, but I just always knew that my career would be playing music. Votes: 0

No one wants to be some guy who puts records out about how good it is. That seems quite arrogant. Votes: 0

If you begin to rely upon yourself and become arrogant in your skill, that is the day you will fall. Votes: 0

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility Votes: 0

People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them. Votes: 0

I think it would be arrogant and borderline foolish to believe there's no other life forms that exist out there. Votes: 0

I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work. Votes: 0

There are some things the arrogant mind does not see; it is blinded by its vision of what it desires. Votes: 0

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive. Votes: 0

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant. Votes: 0

Nature is the ultimate technology; a technology we are still too immature, arrogant, possessive and careless to care for responsibly. Votes: 0

It's not for me to say from the outside what the Palestinian people should have. That would be very arrogant. Votes: 0

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them. Votes: 0

Now let's get talking: reefer madness. Like some arrogant government can't, By any stretch of the imagination, outlaw a plant. Votes: 0

I don't know if it sounds arrogant or whatever, but I'm just trying to get better numbers than last year. Votes: 0

"Ž"Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial Votes: 0

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. Votes: 0

I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant. Votes: 0

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others. Votes: 0

I hate it when women fight aging with plastic surgery or fashion choices. There's this arrogant youth worship in our society. Votes: 0

Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant. Votes: 0

As is the case with all original creators, Charles Chaplin's working life was an amalgam of arrogant self-confidence and deflating self-doubt. Votes: 0

If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be. Votes: 0

I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Votes: 0

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control. Votes: 0

I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs. Votes: 0

What I don't like are arrogant people. We're all equal. I don't like it when a person assumes to be better. Votes: 0

Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like. Votes: 0

Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a guitar. Votes: 0

The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. Votes: 0

Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods. Votes: 0

He needs to get a hard slap of reality in the face every once in a while. He has an arrogant side. Votes: 0

I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them. Votes: 0

A lot of people think I'm stuck up. Pretty much that I'm arrogant. I only do that when I'm on the field. Votes: 0

A skydiver, arrogant in his ability to navigate the heavens, rejects his fragile state and calls himself a God of the skies. Votes: 0

It's a mistake for Hollywood to impose themselves on the gaming space. Not only is it arrogant, but it hasn't really worked. Votes: 0

It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good. Votes: 0

To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit Votes: 0

It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him. Votes: 0

Maybe I'm weak for music men. Maybe I'm weak, period. But I couldn't deny I was charmed by his arrogant, fool-ish guise. Votes: 0

The sun is an arrogant thing, always leaving the world behind when it tires of us. The moon is a loyal companion. Votes: 0

The cost for the recipient of God’s grace is nothing, and no price could be higher for arrogant people to pay. Votes: 0

There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered, mediocre-type people running corporate America who should be sent out on some postal route delivering mail. Votes: 0

Some arrogant feel very confident that they are the best.That's pity. Much better men let them feel so for a reason. Votes: 0

When people talk about my business, my life, I'm really private. Maybe someone thinks I'm arrogant or something, but it's just me. Votes: 0

There's a kind of holiness to love, requited or not, and those people who don't receive it with gratitude are arrogant beyond saving. Votes: 0

Don Karnage-he's one of my all-time favorites. He's so brash and so bold and so arrogant-and he just doesn't know what he's doing. Votes: 0

Her killer wrote a note on that stationary." "A note." Now Renquist's eyebrows lifted. "Well. That was rather arrogant of him, wasn't it? Votes: 0

Smartass Disciple: Why do arrogant people like to say complex words ?Master of Stupidity: Ask them straight! You'll get a simple scary version. Votes: 0

Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world Votes: 0

It's so funny you judge me arrogant after I succeeded.You didn't help me at all when I was so poor and needy. Votes: 0

Being an arrogant braggart just doesn't work for me. (Devyn) You should try it. It really does grow on you, trust me. (Adron) Votes: 0

Atheists sometimes come across as a bit arrogant in this regard, and characterizing faith as something only an idiot would attach themselves to. Votes: 0

People do complain about the way I act on stage... They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms. Votes: 0

I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot. Votes: 0

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself' Votes: 0

If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant. Votes: 0

On a quick side note, I would argue that--much like Samuel L. Jackson--I am not arrogant at all; I'm just actually really, really great. Votes: 0

It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant. Votes: 0

Many people say that time heals all wounds, but that simply is not true. People can become more bitter, arrogant and spiteful with age. Votes: 0

This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind. Votes: 0

Just because India is a large country, we cannot be arrogant and think that we can ignore others. We live in a different era. Votes: 0

I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy. Votes: 0

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time. Votes: 0

The biographer's real business - if it is not too arrogant to say so - is simply this: to bring the dead to life. Votes: 0

I guess I just would never be so arrogant as to think that anybody would even recognize me. I didn't even think about it. Votes: 0

I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around. Votes: 0

And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they're for. Votes: 0

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith, hope, and joy. Votes: 0

The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity, is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous ideology of environmentalism. Votes: 0

Tell me, how do you cope so calmly With crazy youth's arrogant way? Indeed, youth would be insufferable, Had I myself not also been insufferable. Votes: 0

You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand? Votes: 0

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others. Votes: 0

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant. Votes: 0

The reason people hate America is because they don't like being treated like garbage by arrogant, pompous, hypocritical, self-righteous, duplicitous, imperialist political and bureaucratic hacks. Votes: 0

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast. Votes: 0

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast." Votes: 0

Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all. Votes: 0

You are only plagued with stress in moments of conflict because you are arrogant, and believe others are transgressing by having unfavorable thoughts about you. Votes: 0

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast Votes: 0

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. Votes: 0

In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance. Votes: 0

It is not arrogant or egotistical to feel good inside. You had nothing to do with it. It's simply the honest response to clearly perceived Reality. Votes: 0

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy. Votes: 0

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility. Votes: 0

Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice, being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it. Votes: 0

I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention. Votes: 0

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person. Votes: 0

Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy." Votes: 0

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn. Votes: 0

I don't want to sound arrogant, but the defense might shut me down on one or two out of five plays, but I'll make them pay eventually. Votes: 0

Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none but the speaker's. Votes: 0

The Western world is ... looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits. And Sept. 11 is an occasion for me to realize it even more. Votes: 0

She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens. Votes: 0

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms. Votes: 0

Be open to other people's ideas. Don't get arrogant about your ideas. Shoot a lot of options so you're not stuck with just one version of something. Votes: 0

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy. Votes: 0

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it. Votes: 0

I like to think of myself as a regular guy, except I play football for a living. I try not to be an arrogant turd out there. Votes: 0

Men are pigs. I really have every sympathy for women that they actually have to choose one of these arrogant, stupid morons to settle down with and marry. Votes: 0

Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you'll call me. Votes: 0

"Story-tellers" should listen seriously to design and architecture without getting all literary and imperial about that. Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry. Votes: 0

What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all. Votes: 0

Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job. Votes: 0

I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets. Votes: 0

Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely. Votes: 0

A man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation was formed for him. Votes: 0

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities Votes: 0

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant? Votes: 0

I'd forgotten how arrogant people are in the theater, I'm agreeing to starve for a year and he seems to think I should be pleased to have the part. Votes: 0

Take pride in what you do. The kind of pride I'm talking about is not the arrogant puffed-up kind; it's just the whole idea of caring - fiercely caring Votes: 0

Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant. Votes: 0

I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so. Votes: 0

I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to be a pitcher in the big leagues. Votes: 0

There is this arrogant feeling of being stronger than human. Humans are weak. They submit to their emotions, and vampires do not. Humans are very egoistic, and vampires are not. Votes: 0

'-mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent -' said Severus. 'You see what you expect to see, Severus.' said Dumbledore. Votes: 0

Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more refined, and more sensitive than extroverts. Votes: 0

The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place. Votes: 0

Keep learning; don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume that you can learn something from someone else. Votes: 0

One of the favorite games I play, when I improv or take on a character, is what I like to call arrogant ignorance. That's the game I enjoy playing most. Votes: 0

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership. Votes: 0

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.] Votes: 0

-mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent -' said Severus. 'You see what you expect to see, Severus.' said Dumbledore. Votes: 0

Intellectuals tend to be arrogant. Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes] himself humble and without pride in his intellectual attainments. Votes: 0

There is a difference between being arrogant about yourself as a person and being confident that your work has some value. The first is unattractive; the second is healthy and natural. Votes: 0

If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason. Votes: 0

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities. Votes: 0

Pride and entitlement always go with unforgiveness. The longer you hold someone's offense over them, the more likely you are to start feeling arrogant and entitled to your posture toward him. Votes: 0

We Floridians have always assumed an arrogant mastery over our natural environment. And we have always presumed ourselves capable of obliging the water that is all around us to behave itself. Votes: 0

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does. Votes: 0

I think they thought it was very arrogant of me to write the end of my seven books series when I didn't have a publisher and no-one had heard of me Votes: 0

They were strong singers, with swift minds and open good humor--arrogant enough to think they could stand on a stage and dogged enough to have done the work to get there. Votes: 0

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does Votes: 0

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. But above all black says this: 'I don't bother you - don't bother me' Votes: 0

Don't judge me unfriendly, I'm not arrogant, I'm not shy i just like quietness, cause i can nurture my own world and it's make me back as my original as introverted Votes: 0

For Lily, there was only her phantom lover, bold enough, arrogant enough, crazy enough to dare follow her here when he was in far more danger than she could ever be. Votes: 0

Pride and entitlement always go with unforgiveness. The longer you hold someone's offense over them, the more likely you are to start feeling arrogant and entitled to your posture toward him. Votes: 0

You are too arrogant for your own good. I officially de-mate you. Go away. I never want to see you again. Except maybe tonight. Naked. Your place. But after that, no more. Votes: 0

Every mystery novel I ever read, the great detective was such an arrogant fuck you could replace 70% of his dialogue with 'Are you stupid?' and the conversation would still make sense. Votes: 0

Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority. Votes: 0

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But it hardly follows that elimination of a strong and independent press is the way to eliminate abusiveness . . . Votes: 0

If you're a Brit you kinda get used to people being cold and aloof and just generally arrogant - particularly musicians. (Compared to Londoners New Yorkers are a walk in the park!) Votes: 0

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social position, overwhelmed by my beauty, therefore I am. Votes: 0

There's something so arrogant about us creating robots that are more and more human-looking or acting. It's like we're playing God. Let's create something that's a reflection of us, but it's inferior. Votes: 0

I think people think I'm harder and more arrogant and cocky than I am - because I know how to put on a front, but it's nothing like who I am inside. Votes: 0

Death is a woman, and for that reason she's courageous and just, and never makes distinctions between mortals; she'll crush the ignorant, the arrogant, and the wise alike under her icy foot. Votes: 0

Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win. Votes: 0

In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large employers on the other. But we have a choice. Votes: 0

The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries. Votes: 0

An average Christian, in an average church, listen to an average Sunday sermon has achieved a level of arrogance simply unimaginable in scientific discourse -- and there have been some extraordinary arrogant scientists. Votes: 0

I always laugh at people who say "I've never met a rich technician" I love that! Its such an arrogant, nonsensical response. I used fundamentals for 9 years and got rich as a technician Votes: 0

Magicians are definitely more arrogant. They're kind of like "Abra Kadabra, you're an idiot," they don't let you in on the joke. Comedians, you're always in on the joke unless it's Andy Kaufman. Votes: 0

At first people thought I was really arrogant and a snob about music because I'm so intense about my production and sound, and because they knew I didn't like new music so much. Votes: 0

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly. Votes: 0

People who are cocky and arrogant say, 'I know that' and move along. People who are confident and positive ask themselves,' How good am I at that?' and seek to improve Votes: 0

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are. Votes: 0

One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant. Votes: 0

I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators. Votes: 0

Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it. Votes: 0

He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes. Votes: 0

No one is more dangerous than someone who thinks he has The Truth. To be an atheist is almost as arrogant as to be a fundamentalist. But then again, I can get pretty arrogant. Votes: 0

I was a philosophy major as an undergraduate, and I'm just an arrogant little thing. It's hard for me to admit that I can't understand something, let alone not be in charge of it. Votes: 0

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world. Votes: 0

Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood. Votes: 0

The gangs of arrogant thieves that can rob you of your success are your own doubts, fears and low self-image. Get them arrested and kept distances apart and you and your accomplishments are secured. Votes: 0

Our minds can go no further. The human imagination is capable of no further expression of beauty than the carved owl of Athene, the archaic, marble serpent, the arrogant selfish head of the Acropolis Apollo. Votes: 0

I found that of the senses, the eye is the most superficial, the ear the most arrogant, smell the most voluptuous, taste the most superstitious and fickle, touch the most profound and the most philosophical. Votes: 0

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character. Votes: 0

Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we're simultaneously both cowardly and arrogant. We don't know the answers, so we assume they must not exist. Votes: 0

Now they are empty, Ramon replied with a shrug of broad, muscled shoulders on his six-foot-three-inch frame....For the first time, a glint of humor touched Ramon Galverra's finely sculpted mouth and arrogant dark eyes. Votes: 0

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges. Votes: 0

Why am I with you? You're so conceited, arrogant-""Narcissistic," I add, "attractive, lovable, brilliant.""That wasn't an invitation for you to compliment yourself.""No? My bad, I thought we were listing my best qualities. Votes: 0

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath. Votes: 0

Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. Votes: 0

Daily Christian living, in other words, is daily Christian dying: dying to our trivial comforts, soul-shrinking conveniences, arrogant preferences, and self-centered entitlements, and living for something much larger than what makes us comfortable and safe. Votes: 0