Ruth Rendell Quotes

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

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

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Even if we achieve gigantic successes in our work, there is no reason whatsoever to feel conceited and arrogant. Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

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 don't choose to be humble.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.

I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.

In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.

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

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

One may be humble out of pride.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

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

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

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

I don't do proud.

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

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly as I got into it.

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

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.