Owen Feltham Quotes

Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

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

This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah! Of course I am.' They're both varying degrees of a self-defence mechanism. It can be from minute to minute that I change.

I'm no genius, sure, but I'm no dum-dum.

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

I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

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

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

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

I'm not talent. Not considered 'talent' by Lifetime. I'd like to say I'm their savior, but that would be cocky.

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

People say to me, 'You're a genius; you're great.' I don't know if I'll ever feel that way about myself. Some things, I feel like, are better left for other people to say, and I'm just not into, like, tooting my own horn or bragging or anything.

I'm the most humble rapper in the industry.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.