Fran Lebowitz Quotes

Personality-wise, I like to avoid putting my pride on parade.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

You'll find that I'm modest when you get to know me.

If I'm too cocky or too arrogant, it's like, 'Ugh.' But if you're too on the other side, you take away some of those other emotional aspects, and I just kinda like to have a balance.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

When I wake up in the morning, I don't think of myself as being better than anybody else. I think of myself as a good hitter.

I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.

My parents always told me be confident but be humble at the same time.

I still do believe in carrying yourself a certain way, and I do my best to be somewhat of a role model. I'm not a perfect person. I'm a human being. I'm not the Lord, but I do accept that responsibility, and that's why I do try to carry myself with confidence, with poise, with grace, and with class.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.

I have zero ego.

I don't think of myself as the champion too often, honestly.

I consider myself a very confident person, but I don't actually think I am big-headed because my confidence doesn't affect me.

I was never arrogant.

I don't really consider myself a stud.

I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together.