Mary MacLane Quotes

The only thing a man knows is himself.

A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.

It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.

I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

I don't find myself intriguing.

I don't think I'm a genius. Not yet.

I'm not a mad genius.

I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star.

If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.

Let's face it, most of us are not half as smart as we may sometimes think we are-- and for intellectuals, not one-tenth as smart.

You know I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it.

The only term I won't accept is "genius."

I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.

A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.

We neither know nor judge ourselves; others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us.

If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses.

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.

We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.

But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime. I know everything worth knowing about myself--" ~Something Wicked This Way Comes

Here's one from me: 'You have to be aware that everyone else is thinking far too hard about themselves to be thinking about you, whoever you are.' If you want it, you can have it. Once you know that, you can be free.