Quotes About Conceited Man

#1. A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man

Joyce Cary

#2. So much the better - so much the better; for I have always found that a conceited man never knows content. All things prove it. Why have we not the wings of the pigeon, the eyes of the eagle, and the legs of the moose, if it had been intended that man should be equal to all his wishes?

James Fenimore Cooper

#3. But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#4. If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.

Mark Twain

#5. If I were a blind man and were told by you that you possess a faculty called sight, I should be unreasonable if I railed at you as a conceited enthusiast.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#6. I got up and let Pearl in. She dashed into the room, jumped on the bed, turned around about twelve times, and plumped down hard against Susan, in the spot that until recently had been occupied by me.

Robert B. Parker

#7. A man who overindulges lives in a dream. He becomes conceited. He thinks the whole world revolves around him; and it usually does.

W.C. Fields

#8. I buy water at the liquor store across the street from where I live. So I'm walking into the door, and standing, loitering, outside the door is a man. And I walk by him to go in, and he says, I want pussy! Now, I don't want to seem conceited or anything, but he was talking about me!

Sarah Silverman

#9. The more conceited members of the race think in terms of an endless ascent - or promotion ad infinitum. I would point out that, sooner or later, man must reach his level of life-incompetence.

Laurence J. Peter

#10. I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be?

Jeffrey Archer

#11. Yes, that's the laptop I use to write all the Goosebumps books. I know it looks strange. That's because someone's lap is still attached. Don't touch it. I think it's contagious.

R.L. Stine

#12. Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.

John Ruskin

#13. Write whatever you like!

Seamus Heaney

#14. We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain time, we do worry. How long does this time have to be?

Blaise Pascal

#15. If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

C.S. Lewis

#16. Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

Agatha Christie

#17. Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Benjamin Disraeli

#18. Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feel, as well as I do, that the woman who married him cannot have a proper way of thinking.

Jane Austen

#19. Five Great Habits for Better Relationships: acceptance (smile each time), appreciation (say thank you to everyone), admiration (compliment people on their appearance or clothing, etc.), approval (praise immediately, specifically and repeatedly), and attention (be a good listener).

Brian Tracy

#20. With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept His offerings, His wisdom, His grace. Or I could choose to hold onto the pain, the anger and the resentment a little longer.

Sharon E. Rainey

#21. For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#22. It liberates the vandal to travel-you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.

Mark Twain

#23. Starting from the primary schools, there must be compulsory 'Cosmos' classes throughout the education period. If a man thinks about and understands the universe, he will have wider horizons; he will be much less conceited and much more realistic.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#24. Temples stand as a constant physical reminder of the grace and goodness of the Father.

David E. Sorensen

#25. One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

Thomas Menino