Homer Quotes

Control is not humble; control is arrogant.

In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior.

I am the best. There is nobody better than me.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

I'm the best and I'll thank you to remember that.

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

Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Watch my dust.

Everybody in Washington works for me.

Their authority over their slaves renders them vain and imperious.

He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age.

The Arrogance of Power

[Douglas] MacArthur is the type of man who thinks that when he gets to heaven, God will step down from the great white throne and bow him into His vacated seat.

He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Wild beasts hate nets, and people hate their superiors.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Power is a very peculiar thing. It's like the ego. The ego's only there to keep you above water. Once we realize something good about ourselves, we have a tendency to abuse the gift.

I'm in the greatest band in the world, period. End of story. We're the best.

I told you I'm the best in the world.

There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

You can try to steal the thunder all you want, it just reminds people I'm the lightning. You rumble in the distance. I light up the sky.