Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

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

Modesty is my best quality.

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

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

I don't do pride. It seems to me to be a very unpleasant thing.

In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

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

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor', I beg you to slap me.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

There's no snobbery in me.

Modesty is not one of my virtues.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

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 don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

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

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.

I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there's such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don't act like, 'Oh boy, I'm somebody.' They'll slap you down.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

Humility is not a trait I often associate with America.

Humility's a real thing - not just a fine name for laziness.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.