Donna Strickland Quotes

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.

I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose.

I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.

I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt! And anyone who has been around me for even a minute understands that my self-confidence and self-esteem is sometimes overwhelming!

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I'm right.

I'm right, and everyone else is wrong.

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that you are the best out there at all times.

If there is one thing I am, it's always right.

I've always had this strong sense that I know best.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

The sin of certainty leaves no room for the rest of us.

One of the most constant characteristics of beliefs is their intolerance. The stronger the belief, the greater its intolerance. Men dominated by a certitude cannot tolerate those who do not accept it.

Nothing is so sure of itself as fanaticism.

I am a little - I won't say arrogant - self-assured.

Listen, I know how good I am, how good I can be.

I never second-guess myself.

I do not regret anything I do.

I will never doubt myself again.