Arrogant Person Quotes

• An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Perfect, Arrogance, Becoming

  "Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy (p. 110), 1909.

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• In no way would I ever assume when I meet some girl that she wants to sleep with me; that doesn't enter my mind. I think somebody who did assume that would be such an insufferably arrogant person that you couldn't be around him.

  Rob Lowe

  Girl, Sleep, Thinking

  "New Again: Rob Lowe". Interview with Mike Sager, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 7, 2016.

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• Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.

  Mike Schmidt

  Rose, Mets, Persons

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• 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.

  Leslie Caron

  Hate, Trying, Ease

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• Arrogance is a way for a person to cover up shame. After years of arrogance, the arrogant person is so out of touch, she truly doesn't know who she is. This is one of the greatest tragedies of shame cover-ups: not only does the person hide from others, she also hides from herself.

  John Bradshaw

  Years, Arrogance, Tragedy

  John Bradshaw (2010). “Healing the Shame that Binds You”, p.123, Health Communications, Inc.

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• If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Humble, Everything Happens For A Reason

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