Quotes by Inferiority Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority. Emily Post suspicioninferiorityenvy Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution. Emma Goldman inferiorityeconomicsocial I'm an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. Eric Clapton egomaniacsinferiority-complexinferiority The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority. Eric Hoffer threadinferioritypassion The sense of inferiority inherent in the act of imitation breeds resentment. The impulse of the imitators is to overcome the model they imitate. Eric Hoffer inferiorityresentmentovercoming The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public. Ezra Pound inferioritymadnessgenius Fortunately, any kind of setback has represented a challenge to do better, rather than an acceptance of inferiority on my part. Frances Parkinson Keyes inferiorityacceptancechallenges The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority alike behave in accordance with a neurotic orientation. Frantz Fanon inferioritywhite-manmen Politicians are nauseating by definition... They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create value, this total inferiority, makes them jealous, vengeful, insolent and a menace to life and limb. Gerhard Richter inferiorityinabilityjealous It is a fact capable of amiable interpretation that ladies are not the worst disposed towards a new acquaintance of their own sex, because she has points of inferiority. George Eliot inferioritysexfacts My brother used to say some people have an "inferiority simplex." It's not that they're under the delusion that they're inferior; they actually are inferior and they secretly know it. Gregory Heisler inferioritybrotherpeople A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes. Gilbert K. Chesterton inferioritymistakemen The haughty American nation ... makes the Negro clean its boots and then proves the moral and physical inferiority of the Negro by the fact that he is a bootblack. George Bernard Shaw inferioritybootsfacts It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush. George Herbert inferiorityliteraturespirit Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. H. L. Mencken inferioritymoralmen When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn’t go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn’t train. Then it gets tiring. And you do get bored of it. Helena Bonham Carter inferioritytirebored We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. Henri Bergson characteristicsinferioritymen No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. Henry Adams inferioritydoubtmen The inferiority of women is man-made. Helen Keller inferioritymademen Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator seldom proclaims his own inferiority to another, and still more seldom likes to be told of it. Henry Adams outsidersinferioritylikes«12345»
