David Halberstam Quotes

He that is always right is usually wrong.

There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight From the disease of conceit Whole lot of people seeing double tonight From the disease of conceit Give ya delusions of grandeur And a evil eye Give you the idea that You're too good to die Then they bury you from your head to your feet From the disease of conceit

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

Be careful of hubris about ideas—especially your own. Remember always, that there is one commonality between all the good ideas that were ever created and all the bad ideas: The people you created them thought that they were good ideas.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

Pride eradicates all vices but itself.

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them.

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

The worst thing you could ever get is people who think they know everything.

When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.

Who think themselves most wise are greatest fools

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.

The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.