John Darnielle Quotes

I consider myself more exportant than important.

I'm just a person. I'm not anything!

I don't find myself that interesting as a human being, so I don't really think that much of what I say or do warrants being recorded.

It is not humility to underrate yourself. Humility is to think of yourself as God thinks of you. It is to feel that if we have talents God has given them to us. And let it be seen that, like freight in a vessel, they tend to sink us low. The more we have, the lower we ought to lie.

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity or anybody, you know. I just think of myself as doing something that I love to do.

I don't see myself as a personality. I'm just another little guy.

I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.

My name has zero value.

I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.

I wasn't raised in a household where vanity was celebrated. That just wasn't on the top of our list.

I'm not interested in being known for anything other than the work.

I'll always just be stupid boy, and I'm happy with that.

You are more important to yourself than you think you are.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

don't talk about legacy. I have a job to do, and I'm doing it. And I'm not expecting a legacy and I'm not expecting to get pride from some legacy, I'm doing a job that I believe needs to be done. I am willing to do it for the time, and I am not looking for some kind of an accolade or whatever. I don't consider myself anything special. I work hard.

Let's take the work seriously, and not ourselves seriously.

I just wish insignificance had more stature.

It is a fact which escapes no one, that, generally speaking, whoso is acquainted with his worth has but a little stock to cultivate acquaintance with.

Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

I never aspired to be up front. When I was a kid, I didn't ever look in the mirror with a hairbrush going, "Hey, I'm Elvis!"

If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and if you shall seem to someone to be a person of importance, distrust yourself.

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

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