David Schwimmer Quotes

I have a whole phone book of fallibility about myself.

I'm not a God, I make mistakes.

I've been wrong so often, I don't find it extraordinary at all.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities.

I have never believed in my own ability to succeed at everything. I recognize I'm a human being like everybody else, and I make mistakes and fall short time and again.

There are going to be things I'm not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

No, I'm not perfect in any way.

My wife says to me, 'You have achieved a lot'... yeah, I do know. But... there are a couple of things I haven't.

Remember, you're not always the professional.

I'm not infallible. Never will be.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

I did not succeed in everything I did. And even where it did seem I was succeeding it was not always the case. The human heart has a million facets.

I've certainly never helped anybody save the day, in any capacity. If anybody is going to understand making a few mistakes, it's me.

I made as many mistakes as anybody else. I sound as if I'm an egomaniac, and I suppose in some ways I'm filled with hubris because I know how good I am at certain things. But other things, I can't do at all. I can't draw.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.

I don't think I'm successful.

I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

Being bad at stuff is hard, and we all deal with it every day because we're all bad at stuff.

Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

I know I'm not perfect.