George R. R. Martin Quotes

I'm out of here, I'm better than all of you.

Arrogance is, as it were, a solicitation on the part of one seeking honor for followers, whom he thinks he is entitled to treat with contempt.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

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.

There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.

... condescending SOBs

You aren't that big a hot shot that we'd build this for you.

Who do you think you are, a country?

I'm the best player in the country. That's how I think. That's how I feel.

Contempt is a dangerous emotion, luring us into believing that we understand more than we do. Contempt causes us to jeer rather than speak, to poke at rather than touch.

The way I feel, I'm the best in the world.

None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.

Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value upon others.

Stupid, fragile mortals.

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

Contempt is egotism in ill- humor.

No one is ever going to be as good as I was

He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.