Bo Diddley Quotes

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

I feel like a lot of people would quite easily stab you in the back once they get what they want. And you see that in people.

He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.

People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.

Hosting is a thankless job.

Back home, no one looks at me as a star. At least I know my mother doesn't.

People who can't take advantage of opportunity take advantage of people.

Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.

It is royal to do good and be abused.

Nice guys finish last

Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am, or have a clue, and I live with that. I don't try to prove anything by talking.

I was never in the top category of anything. I was never on people's lists. I was never the potential anything!

I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me.

I never get recognized. Most of the time, when people think they know me, they believe I'm a member of their family. And that's the way I like it. That's just fine.

Nobody has ever gifted me anything.

I guess my stuff needs to grow on people. Too bad! That seems to happen with all of it.

I never did anything original my whole childhood. I was invisible.

When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.

I'm very, very used to feeling anonymous, you know?

McSteamy's been really good to me. He's opened a lot of doors.

I was not a name; I was not a face. I was not going to finance a movie. No one was going to come and pay tickets to see me.

I like to lay low. I like to hang back. I like to be the person that's not really recognized.