Mary Karr Quotes

Am I arrogant? I've been arrogant, sure; everybody's been arrogant.

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

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

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.

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

Forget 'full of myself,' I'm not remotely impressed with myself.

One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.

Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.

We need the self-confidence to admit that at best we possess only a partial understanding of the truth, which can be enlarged by refining our views in light of new arguments, new circumstances and new insights. But this requires us to listen to others, to weigh their arguments with care, and maybe even to learn from them.

A little humbling never hurt a great advocate.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It.

It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them.

When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me.

Clearly I've got an ego.