Tucker Max Quotes

Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake, though all the World sees them to be in downright nonsense.

Be careful of hubris about ideas—especially your own. Remember always, that there is one commonality between all the good ideas that were ever created and all the bad ideas: The people you created them thought that they were good ideas.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

To test a man's ego, simply ask him a complicated question. A good person will never be afraid to admit they don't know the answer to something. And only when a man has fully dismantled his ego, can he begin to be truly good.

I have my ignorance to thank for the few things I know.

The minute you feel you have given a faultless performance is the time to get out.

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.

To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.