Thomas Sowell Quotes

I never think of myself as a heroine.

Some people either really like me or some people don't like me, but even if you don't like me right now or you kinda like me right now, this isn't the end for me, I'm going to continue.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

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

I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

I am not a hero.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

Normally, I've found in my life that the louder you speak, probably, the less of a fighter you are. All the fighters I've had a chance and the honor to serve with didn't pat themselves on the back, were pretty humble men and women.

People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right.

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

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

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

I don't mind being ridiculed - well, I guess I would mind a little, but it would only last a few minutes - it's all very ephemeral; it doesn't really matter what people think of me.

I'm not as smart or talented as anyone around me. But they like me.

A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

I know a lot of people didn't understand why I came back, and people are still going to say it was stupid and it was the wrong decision. But I'm happy.