Haughty Quotes

(On friend Joan Crawford): She is five feet four, but she looks six feet on the screen. In a two-shot with anyone, even Gable, (Clark Gable), your eyes fix on her. She is imperious, yet with a childlike sparkle. She is haughty, yet tender. She has no great range as an actress, yet within the range she can perform better than any of her contemporaries.

(On approaching the character of Mr. Darcy for Pride and Prejudice:) I find Darcy very sympathetic, I find it heartbreaking that he`s seen as very haughty and proud - and he is those things - but he`s a young man who is still grieving for his parents. He`s from an ancient family and has this huge responsibility, but it seemed to me that he`s still trying to work out who he is and how to be in the world. I found that very interesting, and I found him very sympathetic.

As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.