James Blunt Quotes

I think, as you get older, you reflect at the silliness of your youth and the stupidity of some of the decisions that were made, and the ego and whatnot, or whatever played into it.

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

I don't read reviews and I don't know what to do with opinions, so I just lose them. They take up space, they become a process of manufacturing a persona, which I want to avoid.

I used to be in my own world and keep to myself all the time, so there may have been a perception about my reserved demeanour that was misconstrued as arrogance. But when people interact with you, then they know the real you.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.

My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

I think 'No' is a very powerful word in our business that is very hard to use early on in your career. But I also think I was pretty arrogant when I was younger... I used that word maybe too much, but it did help me with finding roles that I did like.

Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

I was a philosophy major as an undergraduate, and I'm just an arrogant little thing. It's hard for me to admit that I can't understand something, let alone not be in charge of it.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

I have a big ego, and I'm a confident person, but when it comes down to being a jerk, that doesn't work for me, I tried it... for about ten years.

I think it's important to talk to your inner thing. The purpose is to go over the decisions that will affect my life and others. I pray that I don't make my decisions based on ego.