Conceit Quotes

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means that you are very conceited indeed.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Unbridled arrogance is worse than pride; for if pride will not break a superior, arrogance will not brook and equal.

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.

Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

I'm trying not to get too big-headed.

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

an intellectual arrogance and unconscious assumption of superiority.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

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

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Barton Fink is just too self-important as an artist to get much sympathy.

I was a big-headed little guy.