Helen Gurley Brown Quotes

I don't think I'm extremely intelligent by any means.

I don't feel famous personally, and I feel like when most people get to know me, they're like, 'Oh, she's just the same as everybody else.'

I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.

I don't think I'm that intellectual.

Not saying I rate myself lots now, but I rate myself more because I've been exercising. I'd say a six now. Just above average. There are a lot of good-looking people out there, you see, so more than six is getting a bit cocky.

I believe I am more intelligent than the average person.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.

I'm really a normal person.

I do not consider myself a literal genius.

I think I'm pretty average. Typical.

I rate myself as a driver, but I think everybody does.

I don't know if I can call myself underrated. Maybe some people may overrate me. Who knows?

I am not starry. I am your everyday girl, with not so everyday aspirations in life.

I consider myself a reasonably intelligent guy. Made straight A's in high school (except for driver's ed and typing).

I consider myself an ordinary person.

I wasn't stupid, or very smart. I didn't finish my education.

I really don't think of myself as the best player on the team.

I've always said I think I'm a totally normal guy.

Let's face it, most of us are not half as smart as we may sometimes think we are-- and for intellectuals, not one-tenth as smart.

I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person. My friend David Rakoff, who died a few years ago, he was a witty person. Fran Lebowitz is a witty person. I don't think there are that many witty people around, so you tend to notice them when they do come around. I don't consider myself to be that.

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.

If I met me, I would say a quick hello and then think that I was a really nice girl.

Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.

Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd. He's a great point guard (But) how am I comparing myself to him when I think I'm the best point guard to play basketball? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, how can I sit here and compare myself to somebody if I already think I'm the best?I'm telling you what it is: I know I'm the best point guard in the NBA. I don't need anybody else to tell me that. When I go on the basketball court, if I think about what you're all saying, I'll lose my mind.