Danny Boyle Quotes

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

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

You can sometimes get the big head and overlook things.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

When I did the film 'Hear My Voice' a few years ago, I disappeared fully up my own backside for a while. Because I thought my career was taking off, I became a bit of an egomaniac and a pain in the neck. I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

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

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

You aren't that big a hot shot that we'd build this for you.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.

Have we gotten too full of ourselves? Possibly.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

I have a little bit of a big head.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.