Arrogant Quotes

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.

I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.

The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out.

Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He was too arrogant and mean. I approached him kind of like I had a miniature Max sitting on my shoulder. I pictured Max saying, "This guy has got to give love every once in a while. He has to!" I knew there had to be tiny little windows of redemption.

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.

I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take a look back because maybe I'm good-looking, right?

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.

That's why I don't understand why actors become arrogant and are completely unapproachable - because as an actor, the most valuable thing you can do is talk to people and hear their stories, because it'll all come in handy.

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.

I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie.

Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.

I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.

I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators.

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.

There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.