Smugness Quotations

What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not an elite at all. That is, they aren't particularly smart, or competent.

Next to "I win," "I told you so" are the sweetest words.

There's something uniquely aggravating about the smugness of liberal Hollywood,

San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

The higher up, the harder the fall.