Arrogance

Famous quotes containing the word arrogance:

“The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)

“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.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

“This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)