David Mitchell Quotes

I don't like false modesty.

The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here.' I find it vaguely sinister, even.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

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

One may be humble out of pride.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

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

It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

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

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

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

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.

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

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

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

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.