Sentence examples for false arrogance from inspiring English sources

He said the 2007 success led to a "false arrogance" that has been eliminated under Gibson, who credited Upton with maturing.

I've learned you need to go in with momentum, with false arrogance, so that when it leaks away you've got a buffer".

I am forever monitoring myself for traces of folly, insensitivity, arrogance, false humility, cruelty, stupidity, immaturity and, guess what, I keep finding examples.

Off the field, neither arrogance nor false humility was in evidence as they compiled their wonderful record of success.

Arrogance is false confidence, and it always masks major insecurities.

Mr. Lazar demonstrated "absolute arrogance" by making false declarations to the courts about his arrangements with Milberg Weiss, Judge Walter said.

Again and again, after starting from an ancient premise of radical difference between humans and other creatures, scientists have discovered profound similarities among us all, profound enough to undermine the initial arrogance and the false self-knowledge of that premise.

Just as when I had heard the cassette at the night's beginning, I admired Thurston's ability to speak with an honest pride about his own position in culture – not with arrogance, but without false modesty.

And he points out that Socrates promoted precisely this practice, using the elenchus as a purgative medicine, trying to remove false claims to knowledge and arrogance from the souls of his interlocutors, and to seek truth along with them, instead of defending his own view (Plat. Quest. 999E-F, 1000B, 1000D; Opsomer 1988, 145-150, Shiffman 2010).

Arrogance, condescension and false superiority are turn-offs to people who might otherwise want to be your friend.

* τύφος (Arrogance) is caused by false judgments of value, which cause negative emotions, unnatural desires, and a vicious character.