Jane Elliot Quotes

It's not me to toot my horn. The minute you toot your horn, it seems like society will try and disconnect your battery. And if you do not toot your horn, they'll try their darnedest to give you a horn to toot, or say that you should have a horn.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

I don't have a need to promote myself.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

He in Washington who does not toot his own horn may find it untooted.

He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted.

To sell yourself is somewhat debasing, and everyone is selling something.

I don't like selling myself. It's a sort of shy arrogance.

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.

I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity.

I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

I'm my best billboard.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

I think that I have never had the confidence to really aggressively get behind myself, and so what I do tends to be - I don't want to say 'sheepish,' but there is a sheepish quality to my ability to toot my own horn. I'm very Midwestern in that way. So I just do what I like to do, and what I think I do well is not very loud, necessarily.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

I was raised as a Christian, where all you're taught is to be humble, even if you did something right. Politics is the complete opposite of: you do something a little nice, and you tell everyone.

If you wish in this world to advance/Your merits you're bound to enhance;/You must stir it and stump it, /And blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

I never really try to over-promote myself; I never have.

Getting attention is my business. My whole life's predicated on, 'Hey, look at me!'

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

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.