Alexander McQueen Quotes

I will never reach perfection.

I'm going to fail to hit the mark I've put up before me because it's not possible to hit it. I want to be the best at what I do so I've got to get over myself already because that's never going to happen. I ain't ever going to be God.

I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

I'd love to think that I'm a super human being, but I'm not.

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.

I'm not the world's best mother, though kids always assume I must be.

I always want to be as good in the part as I possibly can. But I make no pretensions of being the greatest actor in the world.

I'm not a perfect player.

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.

Men must know their limitations.

How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

The thing I always tell my audiences all the time is that I'm just two steps ahead of you on a good day. And I might be two steps behind you on a bad day.

I don't pretend I know everything.

I know I'm not perfect.

One of the big songwriting things for me has always been: always think what you do sucks. Because the second you stop believing that, you suck. And that's a fact.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

I do not know it all and do not claim to.

I don't see in myself any perfection.

I have to humble myself.

When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

No man is wise enough by himself.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.