#arrogance

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled. ↗

— Ross Perot

#balanced #budget #controlled #debt #officials

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#immaturity #inexperience #education

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. ↗

— William Pollard

#did #go #hand #innovation #learning

A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions. ↗

— George Eliot

#humor #society #humor

My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you? ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#avarice #innocence #power #lust

Pride is the mother of arrogance. ↗

— Toba Beta

#pride #arrogance

I'm not a snob. Ask anybody. Well, anybody who matters. ↗

— Simon Le Bon

#duran-duran #snob #arrogance

Nobody wants to give up a weekend-long excuse to dress up and attempt to outshine one another. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#ball #formal #funny #hair #high-school

Problem with an old friend who is too busy: he always perceives you as if never changed. ↗

— Toba Beta

#busy #underestimate #business

As an orangutan cannot embrace higher mathematics or comprehend the architecture and operation of a computer, we humans __ so good at loudly proclaiming our intelligence and applauding our own doltish displays of cerebral gymnastics __ cannot begin to understand the true structure and functioning of the Universe. ↗

— John Rachel

#cerebral #computers #gymnastics #intelligence #orangutan