William Wycherley Quotes

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.

I've never had to fight for a role. Call it my ego or my self-respect, but I won't pick up the phone and call a producer and fight or ask for a role. That's not me. I've always got the best, and my work speaks for itself.

I should be known for my work and not how I promote myself and what I do.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to write an article on someone they thought was hot when they was hot. Come on, man. I been hot.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

I don't need my name anywhere.

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.

I'm probably one of my three biggest fans on the planet.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.

It's nice to be recognized, but it's not great to have it too conspicuously recognized, if you see what I mean. Gold records on the wall, or titles after your name, it's just not something... I don't feel that great about it.

I'm not particularly attention-seeking.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right.

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin.

I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I've learned how to be gracious about it, but I try to let it go by. I've seen how, if people start taking on those accolades, it can ruin them completely.