Arrogance Quotes
"First they ignore, you then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." ~ Margaret Thatcher
"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander." ~ Isaac Asimov
"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs." ~ Samuel Goldwyn
"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." ~ Isaac Asimov
"Microsoft claimed it had seen the light. As it turns out, the only light it saw was a potential investigative flashlight" ~ Matt Asay
"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other." ~ Jascha Heifetz
"Power comes from caring for someone less than they care for you" ~ D. W. Buffa
"The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated." ~ Oscar Wilde
"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives." ~ Oscar Wilde
"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time." ~ James Thurber
"You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance." ~ Ray Bradbury
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Contributions to Quotations:
David Shein [06], Clark Moran, Geoffrey K. Braden [05]