Michael Scott Quotes

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

I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.

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.

I think I know it all, relatively speaking.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

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

My belief is that we should never become overconfident.

Overconfidence has never been my problem.

When you are too confident, that's when you hurt yourself.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

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

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

I can always tell how stupid someone is by how certain they are about what they're saying.

There's a big difference between confidence and conceit.

The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

Pride blinds people to the truth of what they are.

There is but a slight difference between the man who may be said to know nothing and him who thinks he knows everything.

He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.