Definition of Complacent

Complacent

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

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Complacent Quotations

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
Gerald R. Ford

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.
Thabo Mbeki

I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience.
Deborah Cox

Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
Camille Paglia

I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.
Tommy Hilfiger

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
Patrice Leconte

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.
Rowan D. Williams

It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
Tucker Carlson

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such.
Charles Krauthammer

As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.
Dick Wolf

Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority.
Lucille Roybal-Allard

The biggest threat to McDonald's lies within - and that is us as a company becoming complacent. There are a lot of companies that get fat, dumb and happy and take their eye off the ball and forget about serving customers.
Charlie Bell

We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent.
Bobby Rahal

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
B. H. Liddell Hart

I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.
Tim O'Reilly

When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.
Michael Bergdahl

If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.
Shelley Morrison

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Complacent Translations

complacent in German is selbstzufrieden
complacent in Norwegian is selvtilfreds

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