#arrogant

We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true. ↗

— Ted Danson

#been #believe #created #dominate #evolution

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

— Elliott Gould

#conceited #machinery #more #nothing #other

I thought women loved great listeners. How could Agatha leave me? I’m musical, successful, and very, very, very, very sexy. Did I mention the fact that I am sexy? I’m like Brad Pitt, only different looking and much, much, much, much sexier. I am sexier than Brad Pitt! ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#brad-pitt #funny #sexy #funny

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#angel #another #arrogant #bank #believe

Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no newspaper to work for, no need to search for and sometimes find the winged word that just fits, no keen wonder over what each unfolding day may bring. ↗

— Bob Considine

#bring #call #day #each #find

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

— Russell Crowe

#arrogant #being #focused #i #me

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. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#before #bows #control #discover #each

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. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#circumstances #concerns #deserves #does #fail

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

— Alberto Tomba

#extroverted #i #introverted #lot #need