Hubris Quotes

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.
Tom Hiddleston

Humility, Lovers, Drama

Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
P. J. O'Rourke

Great, Resources, Renewable

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall

Three, Laziness, Chief

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
Larry Wall

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris.
Jon Meacham

Last, Won, Despair

There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why.
David Mitchell

Work, Why, Young

Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story.
Oliver North

Life, Pretty, Sense

It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this.
Steve Albini

Him, Artist, Recognize

I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
Ian Williams

Keep, Means, Within

We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals.
David R. Gergen

Seen, Seeing, Scandals

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.
James Wood

Women, Great, Men

It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Universal goes up over 40 percent market share, I don't see how reasonable regulators can countenance. It will impact not just labels, but artists and cultural diversity.
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Power, Far, Create

Hubris and science are incompatible.
Douglas Preston

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.
David R. Gergen

Second, Scandal, Terms

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