Sentence examples for less arrogance from inspiring English sources

There should be less arrogance and more subtlety.

He did so with less arrogance than his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, putting to rest most fears about his own temperament.

"This year, there is definitely less lecturing and less arrogance from the Americans," said Erkki Liikanen, a Finnish member of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union and a technology expert.

Masur is a gentler man than my father, so sometimes the movie dialogue -- "I don't speculate; I write what I know" -- has less bite, less arrogance, if you will.

A confidential cable dated 17 February 2006 from the US ambassador to Paris concerning a recent meeting with Royal said she had suggested, he wrote, a need "to find France's place in the world" with the French government showing less arrogance in how it speaks to the world.

This, I believe, will lead to my colleagues and I (if and when we qualify) being able to deliver health care to our patients with empathy, compassion, understanding, and less arrogance; all attributes I think should be emphasised at interview by budding applicants.

A fiery advocate for victims of domestic violence, Clark is guilty less of arrogance than of excessive purism: she's so certain she's got the goods on O.J. that she keeps taking the higher ground, dumping key witnesses when they make deals with tabloids and refusing to cut jurors based on race, even when her consultant warns her that black women hate her.

"I really like the song with Miguel, I love the idea of putting this ridiculous guitar solo at the end!" His pride is less like arrogance and more an ebullient excitement – it is this unbridled character that grounds the album.

An editorial in The Independent noted that some other Asian countries impose the death penalty for drug-smuggling, and commented that the execution "was less the arrogance of a rising power than evidence that China is still feeling its way in the wider world".

Widespread response to Saatchi's behaviour has been less marked by arrogance and callousness than it has been by a wave of kindness, concern and empathy for Lawson.

Rupert too crossed the thin line between self-confidence and arrogance, though less likably than Paige.