# Famous People Saying Extremely Arrogant Things **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644 "2016-08-13T01:36:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/1 "2016-08-13T01:36:09Z")
Share quotes by famous people in which those famous people reveal themselves as having rather large egos. “there is no method except to be very intelligent” - T.S. Eliot ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/2 "2016-08-13T02:11:11Z")
Muhammad Ali was the master of this. Steve jobs “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/3 "2016-08-13T02:30:36Z")
Oscar Wilde did little else. “Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.” “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” “By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/4 "2016-08-13T03:02:25Z")
Pernell Roberts said that he was an aristocrat in his field and his appearance on “Bonanza” was the equivalent of Issac Stern playing with the Lawrence Welk band. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075694,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075694,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/5 "2016-08-13T03:34:36Z")
It’s been attributed to a couple of different people, in a few slightly different variations, but I always associate it with Dizzy Dean: “It ain’t bragging if you can do it”. ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/6 "2016-08-13T03:47:41Z")
I like the pride of “It ain’t braggin’ if you really done it.” DD [here](http://www.azquotes.com/quote/920223), unsourced, so feel free to also attribute the same sentiment to Walt Whitman, Will Rogers, me… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/7 "2016-08-13T03:55:17Z")
I hope I’m forgiven for bringing up politics, but nearly everything out of Donald Trump’s mouth. I hope after November he goes back to being Citizen Trump. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/8 "2016-08-13T03:57:08Z")
Almost all of rap music lyrics are like this. Oscar Wilde would have been quite a rapper. And that is why I love it! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/9 "2016-08-13T03:57:16Z")
This is the 8th post, and nobody has mentioned that John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/10 "2016-08-13T05:18:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This is the 8th post, and nobody has mentioned that John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus? Hmm I’ve never found that to be an arrogant statement. He was just stating a fact, not boasting or challenging. Like saying “kids like playing video games more than they enjoy watching TV.” Kids paid more attention to The Beatles than they did to Jesus, at the time. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/11 "2016-08-13T05:28:17Z")
'I do not use drugs! I AM drugs!"–Salvador Dali ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/12 "2016-08-13T05:28:22Z")
from the not-quite-famous dept: (or _should’ve_-been-more-famous dept): Alexandre Daigle was an NHL’er who was drafted first overall in the '93 NHL Entry Draft. The number one pick fell well short of expectations, and had a relatively sucky, UNMEMORABLE-AS-FUCK career. (a fate many number one draft picks, in all pro sports, get saddled with) Definitely one of the most imfamous quotes in NHL history came from him when he was drafted…“No one remembers no. 2.” Wow, he must have felt on top of the world. Well, no. 2 kinda turned out to be Chris Pronger. To those who know hockey, they’ll understand. 4 was Paul Kariya. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/13 "2016-08-13T05:34:36Z")
Which is doubly funny because it is sadly true that all too often it is exactly correct that “no one remembers No.2” ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/14 "2016-08-13T05:50:16Z")
Taco, that guy that did that cover of puttin on the ritz. In an interview he looked at the camera and said, “Get used to this face, you’re going to be seeing it for a loooooong time” yeah, or not. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/15 "2016-08-13T06:35:53Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Oscar Wilde did little else. > > “Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.” > > “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” > > “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” > > “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” > > “By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” Apart from maybe the last one I’m not sure that Wilde was being arrogant, or at least not boastful. He certainly knew he was whip crack quick witted, but talking yourself up is just as much part of bantering conversation as is self-deprecation and they often alternate. Completely common in UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ, and I find still very baffling to Americans. As an Aussie I can have conversation with a British or Irish backpacker in which almost nothing said is literally true, yet part of the game (?) is being able to hear beyond that. Travelling in the US where, don’t get me wrong, everyone is lovely and welcoming to strangers, and you talk in this way causes massive confusion because most people expect something literally factual to come out of your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/16 "2016-08-13T08:01:46Z")
Murray Gell-Mann: If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs. Although I’d say that’s also rather more along the thrash-talk line rather than genuine arrogance, I’ve always liked this line. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/17 "2016-08-13T08:18:38Z")
I thought this thread was gonna be about [stuff](http://genius.com/Jaden-smith-best-tweets-annotated) [Jaden](http://www.suggest.com/celebs/1956/15-of-the-deepest-jaden-smith-tweets#page=1) [Smith](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kevinsmith/whats-the-definition-of-light?utm_term=.qp6n3ewnG#.qnyWJlzWL) [said](http://deadstate.org/here-are-21-of-jaden-smiths-dumbest-tweets/). ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/18 "2016-08-13T09:24:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I thought this thread was gonna be about [stuff](http://genius.com/Jaden-smith-best-tweets-annotated) [Jaden](http://www.suggest.com/celebs/1956/15-of-the-deepest-jaden-smith-tweets#page=1) [Smith](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kevinsmith/whats-the-definition-of-light?utm_term=.qp6n3ewnG#.qnyWJlzWL) [said](http://deadstate.org/here-are-21-of-jaden-smiths-dumbest-tweets/). To be fair, most of those aren’t particularly arrogant, just that special kind of ignorant where you have no idea of the extent of your own stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/19 "2016-08-13T10:37:33Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This is the 8th post, and nobody has mentioned that John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus? > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Hmm I’ve never found that to be an arrogant statement. He was just stating a fact, not boasting or challenging. Like saying “kids like playing video games more than they enjoy watching TV.” Kids paid more attention to The Beatles than they did to Jesus, at the time. One gathers that it has been stated and acknowledged from the very first, that Jesus and his followers did not and do not expect, on the whole, to be popular… ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644/20 "2016-08-13T10:53:48Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Apart from maybe the last one I’m not sure that Wilde was being arrogant, or at least not boastful. He certainly knew he was whip crack quick witted, but talking yourself up is just as much part of bantering conversation as is self-deprecation and they often alternate. Completely common in UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ, and I find still very baffling to Americans. > > As an Aussie I can have conversation with a British or Irish backpacker in which almost nothing said is literally true, yet part of the game (?) is being able to hear beyond that. Travelling in the US where, don’t get me wrong, everyone is lovely and welcoming to strangers, and you talk in this way causes massive confusion because most people expect something literally factual to come out of your mouth. Do tell me more about what it’s like to be an Australian. Sounds fascinating. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-saying-extremely-arrogant-things/762644.md?page=2)