453 quotes found
“If the worst thing a physicist could say about a statement is that it was “false,” the best thing he could say is that it was “interesting.”
“She's not tsundere. She's just an unpleasant woman.”
“There's one thing worse than a failed old religion: a naïve and arrogant new one.”
“Intelligence people are no different from anybody else. They have preconceptions, and when they see them in real life, it reinforces how brilliant they think they are.”
“I think if a woman describes herself as a brilliant cook, she’s a bit full of herself.”
“You already beat yourself up for enough things that aren't your fault. People who care don't want to add to that." He paused, and then added gently, "But you assumed it was about you." I finished t...”
“In contrast to your usual minions, I imagine, I’m a bit more awed by your conceit and arrogance than I am by your supposed magnificence.”
“The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building.”
“Knowing God without knowing our wretchedness leads to pride. Knowing our wretchedness without knowing God leads to despair. Knowing Jesus Christ is the middle course, because in him we find both Go...”
“All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a grea...”
“... a comment with the idle arrogance common of such nobodies who have just come into a small bit of power.”
“How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leo...”
“Arrogance likes to appear humble in public.”
