Bob Geldof Quotes

If you don't like your sister or don't get along with your father, let's find out if you like yourself. Let's not sugarcoat anything about it.

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person.

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

I guess with the way that I've conducted myself I'm in the logical spot and I'm fine with that. Even my limited interactions with success have left me confused and bummed out, so I don't think the two can co-exist.

Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over.

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.

I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. But we only have so much brain capacity, so if I'm spending part of my brain thinking about how I'm acting, A, I'm not spending all of my brain doing, and B, I'm not actually in that moment.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.

I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.

I can't look at the mirror beyond two minutes. I don't know what to look at. What is the point of looking at yourself? You can't change your face.

I'm an external person, I'm not than internal at all.

I didn't know how to get along with others. I didn't even know how to be in the same room with other people. Then, after a while, you learn.

I don't like catching myself in the mirror because it's like, 'Oh, self.'

I am not really a problem personality.

I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it's like, 'You're not doing enough in your life if you're not making someone angry.' And I'm like, 'Man. But my life - I seem to help people get somewhere, so am I not? Should I be more aggressive?' That's the way my inside voice sounds.

I'm bad on passive aggression. I know that.

I want to be perceived - or maybe I perceive myself - as this really easygoing, honest person that's just giving. Realistically, I have those qualities, but I'm very aggressive. I can be very harsh. It comes off almost mean, you know?

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.

I feel like I'm the best actor on the planet and I also feel like I'm a fraud. I think hubris comes from insecurity. Confidence comes in a more rooted sense; part of being confident is being able to say, "I can be really shitty," and to accept that. But also not to crumble under it.