Unwarranted Self-Importance Quotes

The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.

This self-congratulatory notion Americans have that their country is Number One is borne of ignorance and bad manners.

Men think that not being able to wire a plug somehow makes them more creative or intellectual. It just makes them morons.

It’s pretty thin, the wall separating healthy confidence and unhealthy Pride.

People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.

I've actually seen guys who I considered relatively stupid college coaches, then go to the NFL, and sanctimoniously think they understand that something the rest of us couldn't perceive. They're an idiot before, they're an idiot now, and they'll be an idiot afterwords. It's mind-numbing.

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.

Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

When someone has that combination of arrogance and ignorance - that drives me crazy.

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

The egotism of people who are eminent without being in the least distinguished and somehow feeling that's their due - that seems to me to be a peculiarly English phenomenon.

A warrior doesn't know remorse for anything he has done, because to isolate one's acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self.

The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.

I've seen plenty of young lads elevated into the senior squad acting like they have made it.