Russell Brand Quotes

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.

There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.

Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

I think there's something to the millennial sentiment of being, like, 'I'm great.' But I think there's also something really amazing and powerful about being, like, 'Oh, hey, I'm awesome.' It's a fine line. But I think it's possible to be both, to not be the most annoying person in the world, to still be very intriguing and fun to watch.

The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they're very cocky. I think that serves us well in the show business world.

I am not bragging - it may sound like it - but there was nobody in this business that had the aggression and had the body that I had - nobody!

I know - without sounding arrogant - that I could've played at Real Madrid... but I didn't work hard enough for that.

I thought I could beat anyone in the world.

No one likes someone who's really overconfident.

I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.

Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne?

I have to get the whole sense of the guy for me to be turned on by him, for me to actually like him. I like someone that has motivation and is really dedicated to something.

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open - to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas.

It's not arrogance, it's just destiny.

I think that enjoying the fruits of one's labor is very different than arrogance. And when I was younger, I didn't know the difference. I thought that if you were gracious, that meant that you somehow were getting ahead of yourself. And I felt self-deprecation kept you balanced.

I’m gonna show you how great I am.

Good work is not done by 'humble' men

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.