William Whitelaw Quotes

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

I'm no genius.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.

I never said I was a genius.

I don't like false modesty.

I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so.

Do not try to seem wise to others.

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

You know, I'm really not that bright.

I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

I'm not like a high intellectual.

I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent.

You're never going to catch me calling myself a hero unless I'm joking.

I don't always look so beautiful.

I'm not trying to be modest of self-deprecating or in any way trying to do that.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.