Complacency Quotes

We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.

The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind us all of the danger of complacency during our continued war on terror.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.'

I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

You need to have a redesign because familiarity breeds a kind of complacency.

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office.

An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.

The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.

I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.