Guy Finley Quotes

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

I have a tough time judging myself.

I'm not good at watching myself.

To learn to know oneself, to judge oneself with truth and impartiality, must be the great objects of one's exertion; they are only attainable by constant and cool self-examination.

It's difficult to judge yourself.

I think I'm pretty self-aware.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

I'm always my hardest critic.

Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?

There are no souls in the world that are so fearful to judge others as those that do most judge themselves, nor so careful to make a righteous judgment of men or things as those that are most careful to judge themselves.

Everybody is their own critic.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

It's hard to talk about yourself.

I'm still very critical of myself in film.

A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

No one ever judges their own self.

There is no country in the world where the process of self-criticism and self-correction is more active than in the United States.

The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.

I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling.