Catfish Hunter Quotes

You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.

I'm not God, don't intend to be and hope I never have that much power.

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

God created man, but I could do better.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

Clearly I've got an ego.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.

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

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

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.