Quotes about conceit
conceit dearest delight gratify hers though wound
Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify hers George Bernard Shaw
conceited men vanity
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up. John Ruskin
conceited race discovery
It is my considered opinion that the human race (soi disant) is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to the last ditch and that the occasional discovery of an isolated exception is as deliciously surprising as finding a sudden brazil nut in what you know to be five pounds of vanilla creams. These glorious moments, although not making life actually worth living, perhaps, at least make it pleasanter. Noel Coward
conceited lines crosses
There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself. Paul Pierce
conceited practice goal
You should be proud of what you're doing, but not conceited. If you can't be proud of yourself, you're a failure. And discipline. To do anything in life you have to have discipline. To accomplish anything, you have a goal, challenge yourself, and work until you accomplish that goal. Practice what you preach. Jack LaLanne
conceited sake proud
If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited. J. I. Packer
conceit fame talent thankful wisdom
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful. Harvey Mackay
conceited directors films hard huge seem talented
Without sounding conceited about it, it was hard but it did not seem like such a huge leap, because I had done a lot of big films and been around enough talented directors to know what to do if I was in their position.
conceited people feelings
No people are more conceited than those who depict their own feelings, especially if they happen to have a little prose at their command for the occasion. Georg C. Lichtenberg
conceit consider films seriously time
If I see my films described as 'quirky' or, even worse, 'snarky' one more time, I'm going to probably seriously consider an early retirement. All these years, I've labored under the conceit that they were "darkly humorous.' Terry Zwigoff
conceited ego mind
The smaller the mind, the greater the ego. Tom Clancy
conceited thinking agony
The diabolical thing about melancholy is not that it makes you ill but that it makes you conceited and shortsighted; yes almost arrogant. You lapse into bad taste, thinking of yourself as Heine's Atlas, whose shoulders support all the world's puzzles and agonies, as if thousands, lost in the same maze, did not endure the same agonies. Hermann Hesse
conceit consists inspires lord lover perform true worship
The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He inspires them to perform devotional worship. True devotional worship consists of eliminating selfishness and conceit from within.
conceited progress obstacles
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. Ellen Terry
conceited pay national-debt
If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you? Ralph Waldo Emerson
conceited men talking
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison
conceited well-said wells
Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself. Jonathan Swift
conceited thinking mind
We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some 'divine legend' and we see ourselves as some sort of god, thinking we can decide what will live and what will die, what will be saved and what will be destroyed, but honestly we're just a bunch of primates out of control. Paul Watson
conceited religion apes
Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes.
conceited understanding conceit
Conceit is incompatible with understanding. Leo Tolstoy
conceited arrogant youth
There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth. Elliott Gould
conceited who-i-am tape
I put myself on tape and the cool thing was that Martin Scorsese had never heard of me. He had never seen [Everybody Loves Raymond]. I was just an unknown actor to him. I don't want to sound conceited, like he has to know who I am, but that seemed a little odd. He's a film genius. He doesn't watch sitcoms. Ray Romano
conceited psychology may
A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will. Thomas Nagel
conceited wind people
To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. Thomas Hood
conceited judging speak
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow. Sophocles
conceited keys locks
My Caps Lock Key Is Loud! Kanye West
conceited sparks generations
I WILL SPARK A GENERATION OF THINKERS WHO WILL QUESTION TRADITIONAL THOUGHT UNTIL THEY FIND THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH
conceited thinking religion
Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who thinks differently from him. Walter Savage Landor
conceited men doors
I buy water at the liquor store across the street from where I live. So I'm walking into the door, and standing, loitering, outside the door is a man. And I walk by him to go in, and he says, I want pussy! Now, I don't want to seem conceited or anything, but he was talking about me! Sarah Silverman
conceited done bragging
If you done it, it ain't bragging. Walt Whitman
conceited self bears
We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit. William Hazlitt
conceited self laughing
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. William Makepeace Thackeray