Quotes by Complacency Mutual complacency is the atmosphere of conjugal love. Samuel Johnson wedlock complacency atmosphere It's not a very big step from contentment to complacency. Simone de Beauvoir complacency contentment steps it is so difficult not to become vain about one's own good luck. Simone de Beauvoir complacency vain good-luck Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance. Solomon Schechter complacency ignorance self We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present. Thomas A. Edison complacency self-confidence design So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call self-respect. Thorstein Veblen complacency possession self The pleasure of a good act is something to be remembered - not in order to feed our complacency but in order to remind us that virtuous actions are not only possible and valuable, but that they can become easier and more delightful and more fruitful than the acts of vice which oppose and frustrate them. Thomas Merton complacency vices order Complacency makes one as guilty as those who destroy the Earth. Tom Brown, Jr. complacency guilty earth For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful. Tom Hollander complacency satisfaction people Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained. Vladimir Nabokov complacency states mind I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said. Virginia Woolf complacency wish father You need to have a redesign because familiarity breeds a kind of complacency. Timothy White need because you complacency Established is a dangerous word for me. It could imply a modicum of complacency. Sean Dyche word me complacency dangerous I like to improve all the time and never let complacency creep into my system. Sandeep Singh never like complacency time It's competition that forces companies to get out of their complacency. John Mackey out get complacency competition We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. Paul Ryan complacency safety want people Worthwhile books trouble our complacency, sharpening our minds and senses. Some are dangerous, and they, too, must be published. Peter Mayer some complacency dangerous trouble I think complacency is what you allow it to be. Draymond Green i-think think you complacency Don't be lulled into complacency. Alan Gerry lulled complacency I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency. Taj Mahal trap complacency want fall «12345