Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony. Anton LaVey
Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our collective neurosis, we have raped the earth, disrupted the delicate balance of nature, and created phallic missiles of mass destruction. Marion Woodman
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right, without them. Charles Caleb Colton
Our own mammalian order, the primates, prides itself on hand-eye coordination, monkeys, apes, and man are all good manipulators. But no mammal can rival the chameleon for eye-tongue coordination. Robert T. Bakker
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground. Spanish Proverb
Sin is not perfect until one prides oneself on it. Icelandic Proverb