Mark Twain Quotes

I must, in candor, say I do not think myself fit for the Presidency.

I'm no expert on American politics.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

I am not overconfident.

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a TV show.' Maybe that's not true. Maybe there are people that do. I don't know.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

I don't want to be so confident in myself.

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

I don't see myself as a visionary at all.

Mature? Yeah, I get told that a lot. I don't know if it's true. I guess I try to be bright.

On stage, you have to have incredible confidence, or you would stop doing it. But I don't think I will ever get to the point where I go, 'I know exactly what I am doing,' and I don't think I want to.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Who knows most, doubts most.

Politicians are half ego and half humility.

I don't feel qualified to be President either, but I've got the job.

Mo [Congressman Morris K. Udall] is too funny to be President.

Douglas MacArthur was a man of high abilities. However his view of his abilities was much higher. A great leader has to be a little self effacing. A cannot imagine Douglas MacArthur ever being self effacing.

I hope to God that I know what I am doing.