Bob Edwards Quotes

Maybe I am just a jerk.

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

You know we are flawed people, so if someone is going to make a movie about me, they don't have to make it up. My real flaws are much funnier.

Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.

I'll be the first one to tell you if I made a mistake.

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is.

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

You can't take yourself too seriously.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together.

I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times.

Apparently, I don't want to take myself too seriously.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.