Arrogant Quotes

“A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“When reading the history of the Jewish people, of their flight from slavery to death, of their exchange of tyrants, I must confess that my sympathies are all aroused in their behalf. They were cheated, deceived and abused. Their god was quick-tempered unreasonable, cruel, revengeful and dishonest. He was always promising but never performed. He wasted time in ceremony and childish detail, and in the exaggeration of what he had done. It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god. He had solemnly promised the Jews that he would take them from Egypt to a land flowing with milk and honey. He had led them to believe that in a little while their troubles would be over, and that they would soon in the land of Canaan, surrounded by their wives and little ones, forget the stripes and tears of Egypt. After promising the poor wanderers again and again that he would lead them in safety to the promised land of joy and plenty, this God, forgetting every promise, said to the wretches in his power:—'Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness and your children shall wander until your carcasses be wasted.' This curse was the conclusion of the whole matter. Into this dust of death and night faded all the promises of God. Into this rottenness of wandering despair fell all the dreams of liberty and home. Millions of corpses were left to rot in the desert, and each one certified to the dishonesty of Jehovah. I cannot believe these things. They are so cruel and heartless, that my blood is chilled and my sense of justice shocked. A book that is equally abhorrent to my head and heart, cannot be accepted as a revelation from God.

When we think of the poor Jews, destroyed, murdered, bitten by serpents, visited by plagues, decimated by famine, butchered by each, other, swallowed by the earth, frightened, cursed, starved, deceived, robbed and outraged, how thankful we should be that we are not the chosen people of God. No wonder that they longed for the slavery of Egypt, and remembered with sorrow the unhappy day when they exchanged masters. Compared with Jehovah, Pharaoh was a benefactor, and the tyranny of Egypt was freedom to those who suffered the liberty of God.

While reading the Pentateuch, I am filled with indignation, pity and horror. Nothing can be sadder than the history of the starved and frightened wretches who wandered over the desolate crags and sands of wilderness and desert, the prey of famine, sword, and plague. Ignorant and superstitious to the last degree, governed by falsehood, plundered by hypocrisy, they were the sport of priests, and the food of fear. God was their greatest enemy, and death their only friend.

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than the Jewish god. He is without a redeeming feature. In the mythology of the world he has no parallel. He, only, is never touched by agony and tears. He delights only in blood and pain. Human affections are naught to him. He cares neither for love nor music, beauty nor joy. A false friend, an unjust judge, a braggart, hypocrite, and tyrant, sincere in hatred, jealous, vain, and revengeful, false in promise, honest in curse, suspicious, ignorant, and changeable, infamous and hideous:—such is the God of the Pentateuch.”
― Robert G. Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses

“don’t be like so many writers,
don’t be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don’t be dull and boring and
pretentious, don’t be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don’t add to that.
don’t do it.”
― Charles Bukowski, Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems

“An ordinary man gets arrogant with beauty, conceited with knowledge and ruthless with power.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Don't feel better than anybody, because you feel like something. Always have it at the back of your mind that you were nothing before you became something, and that thing you supposed to be is absolutely nothing.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“The ego is what drives a self-serving individual who hates to admit they are wrong.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Beware of those who are too focused with polishing and beautifying their outer shells. They lack true substance to understand that genuine beauty is reflected from the heart that resides inside.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A man cannot really be called (sexually) confident if he has never bought his woman a vibrator.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, On Masturbation: A Satirical Essay

“Saturated Arrogance

...imprisoned muses
cried to be free
she took away their quills
and said
do not bother me...”
― Muse, Enigmatic Evolution

“Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Do not feel arrogant that you have a dick and women do not. Women are not scared of fucking; they are only scared of raping.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble us and humor himself. Know-it-alls, pseudo-intellectuals, militant anti-theists, for Christ's sake, or rather their own sake, best beware of getting roasted by their own medicine. Ah! Our delusions of trying to argue against an omniscient Creator.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor.”
― Amit Kalantri

“There is a secret a person with great knowledge discovers along the path to truth. That is, the more doors you open to the mysteries, the smaller you feel. And because you begin to feel smaller and smaller until your ego disappears, the more humble you become. Therefore, any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“The Sun is an arrogant thing, always leaving the world behind when it tires of us. The Moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Everyday it's a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of life. The Moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
― Tahereh Mafi

“It sometimes requires ignorance and arrogance to know something for sure.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Don't be carried away by beauty, for the faeces also stays in the rectum of ravishing faces, and their private life is not beautiful as their public life...fear beauty!”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“You can only manage to convince a person to admit to being wrong, not ignorant, arrogant, or stupid.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

“Saturated Arrogance

...she rebuked those about her
in darkness did she dwell
a pathetic history
all mortal man would tell..”
― Muse, Enigmatic Evolution

“Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Get rid of pride; it'll only ride you to the wrong side of life. May God's words guide your faith to abide in true humility. Kick off pride; embrace humility!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Dream big!: See your bigger picture!

“Leaders gather scattered people with the positive influence of intimacy while misleaders scatter gathered people with the negative influence of intimidation.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“Holy crap, my heart was arrogant to believe her spotless track record could stay that way.”
― Jennifer Harrison, Write like no one is reading 2

“It is a sign of arrogance to be mad at someone for not acting as per your advice, especially if it was unsolicited.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Obedience, responsibility, rules and safety are loyal, inseparable playmates. But Love is their wise mother, who knows there are times to break them up, at least for a bit, lest they get into some kind of arrogant, bullish, mischief or completely shut out their other siblings - joy, common sense, and compassion.”
― Connie Kerbs, Paths of Fear: An Anthology of Overcoming Through Courage, Inspiration, and the Miracle of Love

“I found Americans arrogant, Germans rude, Britishers selfish, Frenchs desperate, Chinese worried and my own nation stupid.”
― M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

“You’re not even boasting about it.”
“Should I?”
“You can’t. You’re too arrogant to boast.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“To test a man's ego, simply ask him a complicated question. A good person will never be afraid to admit they don’t know the answer to something. And only when a man has fully dismantled his ego, can he begin to be truly good.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“At this moment God might not necessarily be a necessity, but know that His absence will of necessity eventually result in His necessity.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus