Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

You never toot your own horn.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

I don't like to praise myself - that I am the quickest, that I am the strongest, that I am the most technical guy - I never do that.

I'm kinda not one of those people that likes to put up trophies in my house, because I don't want my mom to come be like, 'Hey, you're full of yourself.'

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It is a very rare thing to find a man or woman that is following closely the footsteps of the Master in meekness and humility.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.