Kenneth Arrow Quotes

Men must know their limitations.

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.

I think it's important to know your limitations too.

I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.

I stand astonished at my own moderation

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

I am not overconfident.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The day I get too big for myself, my mum will slap me down!

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis.

I can’t talk about myself that way. Whatever I did before was just in line with my work. I can’t be saying I, I, I all the time.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

It was flattering to have high expectations, but I was never going to be President.

I don't rise to the occasion when there's no occasion.

I think that always, as an actor, I don't want to overstep or pretend that I'm doing anything more than I'm doing.

I used to be a bit of a show-off at school, but I've calmed down now and learnt to censor myself.

I never let myself get ahead of myself.

I never like to get ahead of myself. I'm not one of those people that do that.

I'd rather be someone that's underrated than overrated.

I've got no pretence that I want to do 'Hamlet' or anything, I know my limitations.

I don't know what people expect me to be like, but I'm very down-to-earth and not at all full of myself.