John Lyly Quotes

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

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

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

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

I was a cocky kid.

One may be humble out of pride.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

I think I know it all, relatively speaking.