Charles Krauthammer Quotes

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

If I had been egotistical about the movies, I have been brought back to earth.

I'm not a diva - not yet, anyway.

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

Not to have a big head about it, but people love me.

I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not.

I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

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.

When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win.

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.

I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.

I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.

I've met a lot of big stars who have humility. Sly Stallone is a very humble guy. Robert DeNiro is a really humble guy. Some of the women aren't so humble for some reason. I don't know why.

The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.

I do feel it's hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I'm trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.

It's so wrong when some players think, 'I scored five goals; therefore, I am a god of football.' You're nobody.

Perhaps the biggest lesson that I would say is the one to learn is not to let fame and fortune get inside your head.

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'

I'd never want to get too big for my boots.

I think that's the biggest thing - staying humble, because the story you hear a lot of times is that guys who have success let it get to their head.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.