Kinky Friedman Quotes

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

I'm a cocky sumb**itch. That's what makes me such a great player.

I was a cocky kid.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

I have always been arrogantly confident about the work I have done.

I think once you start to think that you're the man, and you know it all, and your style is unbeatable and stuff like that, that's when you get caught and clipped and get humbled really fast.

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life.

I am cocky in prediction, I am confident in preparation but I am always humble in victory or defeat.

-You're gloating, Max. It's not flattering. Somebody needs to teach you a little humility.- -A good woman could do that.- -She'd have to be armed and dangerous.-

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.