Duncan Jones Quotes

I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family's idea of you, is something you can't buy.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

I don't mean to be cocky, but if I'm never on TV again, if I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.

Pretty much every record I've ever done, I can go back and listen to them and be proud. I'm proud of everything I've done.

I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone.

Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny.

Everything I do, I have a certain amount of pride for.

I let my life, and success, speak for itself.

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.

I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.

I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I'm stupidly proud of myself.

But more than that, I wanted my wife and my family to see how I can actually play this game. They haven't seen me at my best, and I want them to.

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

What would life be like if everybody insisted you must have actually built such-and-such a thing by yourself? I'd be an old man and have nothing to show for the aging.

My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.

Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.

I am proud of what I've done.

I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.

I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't.