hubris

Legend has it Icarus fell from the sky because hubris led him too close to the sun, melting the wax that held the feathers on his wings.

But there it was, that flicker of hubris, hiding just behind his explanation of the decision to tell all (or at least some).

It is thus easy to put bankers, traders, excessive compensation , derivative products and general financial hubris in the same bag.

His calculation at this point is little more than desperation, the last twist of his hubris.

I would like to hear God say that I sort of hadn't committed too many acts of hubris.

On the other, mergers may have been the children of hubris, as chief executives sought scale for its own sake.

Sadly, what was forgotten amid the Bush-era hubris was that America's edge always has been as much moral and economic as military.

Since every boom contains the seeds of the next bust, the best global growth in a generation created hubris, ensuring a major downturn.

There have been moments of British hubris, notably around the time of the Iraq invasion.

There was no Lehman-style collapse or Bernie Madoff-type fraud to hammer home the full extent of the hubris.

AT THE head office of BT (formerly British Telecom) in London it is hard to find any lingering evidence of imperial hubris.

By this act of hubris, he becomes a historical curio: the only Australian prime minister to have fought just one election.

Around the 15th year of his rule, amid the grandiosity of his empire-building, a touch of hubris was perhaps overtaking the Nubian ruler.

But in some other corner of the economy, easy money is almost certainly beginning to feed hubris and greed.

Today, though, he might be forgiven a little hubris.

Mr Das has a keen eye for an anecdote, and the early chapters give the reader plenty of chances to chuckle at the hubris he reveals.

Whether this is hubris or homage, the display is bound to attract thousands of new visitors to this marvellous place.

One of the dictionary definitions of hubris cites Edward Teller (the godfather of modern geoengineering).

It may be arrogance, hubris or insecurity that causes him to seek a reaction from you.

What did we learn at the start of the last century that we then disregarded either through amnesia or hubris?

At a time when its erstwhile titans could do with displaying contrition, signs of hubris abound.

There was a hubris that was unreal: the climate and the culture and the unbridled optimism. There was arrogance that anything was possible.

To many, it wreaks havoc not in the name of democracy and liberty, but of free markets and hubris.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

Hubris, however, has been followed by nemesis rather too often in this field for anybody to be making a song and dance about things.

Hubris and excessive optimism are the typical causes of this one, but sadly Boards still let this happen.

As I stressed, our knavishness comes in the form of opportunism, and hubris.

not all readers are ready for a glimpse at the appalling hubris and harrowing self-doubt that beset most writers.

But hubris and nationalism among some Chinese, and unnecessary fear of decline among some Americans make it difficult to assure this future.

The US government's $700bn bail-out was the price to be paid for past hubris.

We exhibit not only hubris but remarkable obtuseness in caging, torturing, and infecting animals in the name of improving our health.

It seems perverse not to, but the causes are a potent mix of hubris, greed and technical complications.

Hubris did not set in immediately.

Cultural hubris, another pattern Jim Collins in particular raises, is of foremost concern.

If so, the event would meet the classical definition of tragedy: hubris (arrogance), ate (folly); nemesis (destruction).

Instead, the crash has exposed hubris, incompetence and corruption in a single, tragic crunching of metal.

Our parochial narrowness and cultural hubris are a dangerous combination.

I have often wondered what would become of a practice inextricably woven to such creatures when human hubris finally extinguishes them.

From the Tower of Babel to Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Tower, an uncanny historical correlation exists between building height and hubris.

Tying up with brands can be useful, says Steve Levine, chairman of Hubris Records.

Another body amid the countless fatalities in a senseless hubris and duel in which there are no innocents.

Natural disasters lay bare the best and worst in people, stripping away hubris and artifice.

One change, however, is already clear. A certain humility has replaced the hubris of the years before the crisis.

Some worry that Chinese leaders may have such hubris that they will assert themselves with unusual aggressiveness.

Mr Costello in effect called his boss a liar, leading Mr Howard to accuse Mr Costello of "indulging in hubris and arrogance" .

But generations change, power often creates hubris, and appetites sometimes grow with eating.

Hubris, too, plays a role: executives tend to believe that their competitors will crack first.

Technology makes us greedy, unhappy, impatient, insensitive and full of hubris.

Germany's friends no longer worry much that pride will ever become hubris again.

That could all prove to be dangerous hubris, of course.

Number one was just extreme hubris and self-confidence.

Hubris, he reckons, has led to some of the profession's most egregious ethical failings.

And nowhere is such hubris more prevalent than when boardrooms suffer from acquisition mania.

But as oil prices fell and Russia's economy started contracting, this hubris became harder to maintain.

Mr Beinart traces America's invasion of Iraq to the hubris that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989.

Courses and MBA programmes that claim to create leaders all too often promote hubris instead.

It symbolises a mixture of apprehension, insecurity and perhaps hubris.

Modern physicists, aware of the hubris of their 19th-century predecessors, have never thought their subject closed.

Drop the hubris of thinking you can pick your children's friends, interests and musical passions.

This was architecture as national hubris.

The US could drift into protectionism, Asia into hubris-induced isolation.

If that is the case it would mark the end of a career that was marked by both brilliance and hubris.

There is a lot of validity to this argument, and this type of hubris frequently appears in both public and private sector decision-making.

Yet many believe it shines an unflattering light on our tendency for folly and hubris, too.

In retrospect it is clear the country was living in a bubble of hubris and unearned kudos.

And I'm going to admit to hubris.

One worry, Smith says, is that the inflows risk encouraging emerging policymakers' hubris, removing the pressure for reform.

The enormity of this hubris is staggering.

History may show that the Kennedy family is brought down by its hubris.

The ignorance and hubris of the US (and you) is exactly the reason all great empires fall. Have a great trip.

The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris.

The business world is full of examples of hubris taking over.

Some specific moves from hubris to humility are already evident.

Science fantasy is informed by science fiction and driven by hubris.

The West has just been taught another important lesson about hubris.

Leverage becomes associated with hubris and ruin, rather than a short-cut to growth.

Unlike great rock bands, he does not think they will be destroyed by their own hubris.

Hubris, meet schadenfreude. Face, meet egg.

Exactly 20 years later the Japanese are still paying the price for such hubris (see article).

But they do want to destroy the Arabs. (Perceval) And in their hubris, they may end up destroying themselves.

You might think the project is a monumental example of hubris.

In the fashion-sought background, I have found the degeneration of art belief and the ostentation and hubris in chasing of fame and gain.

The hubris that blinded Israel after its great victory of 1967 cleared decades ago.

No worries. Hubris is fixable -- on the couch.

In 2010 those memories of European hubris will seem cruelly distant.

Maybe there's more to blame than human folly and hubris.

Above all, it is testimony to the hubris of politicians.

The driver behind this process is hubris.

Nemesis is fast catching up with hubris.

A mortal web designer who attaches a DOCTYPE tag to their web page saying, "this is standard HTML, " is committing an act of hubris.

Mark will give a presentation about Hubris at next rorosyd in september.

Certainly, with hindsight there is hubris in the Review's full title.

Can The World Survive Washington's Hubris?

But the driving factor is hubris.

Among bankers I meet there is a lot more hubris than humility.

A good lesson in hubris.

Labour has been laid low by hubris.

And perhaps that is the biggest danger facing Brazil: hubris.

I think this is what creates the impression of hubris in the young writer.

Then there is the hubris.

Hubris has a big impact here too.

Because it might teach one about the risks of hubris or the importance of team over individual.

You tell me this is the product of China being a civilisation state, to abandon western hubris and to learn wisdom from others.

And so I don't think that Americans want hubris from their next President.

"Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. here are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. " (Larry Wall)

To rush to war without seriously imagining all its consequences, including its aftermath, is not realism but a terrible hubris

Both must recognise that to call one standard of liberty the universal value is hubris;

If so, the event would meet the classical definition of tragedy: hubris (arrogance);

An epic tragedy brought about by hubris, confused thinking and lack of planning

Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War

Avoid Hubris and other Lessons for Reformers John McMillan

my hubris and my pride