Jeff Kinney Quotes

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

When someone comes up and says something like, 'I am a god,' everybody says 'Who does he think he is?' I just told you who I thought I was. A god. I just told you. That's who I think I am.

I made as many mistakes as anybody else. I sound as if I'm an egomaniac, and I suppose in some ways I'm filled with hubris because I know how good I am at certain things. But other things, I can't do at all. I can't draw.

I think there is a part of me that's always a little bit like, "Why would I torture myself? Just in case you forgot how big the shoes are you're walking in, take a look again"

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.

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

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I want to be regarded as the best guy in the world, and I want to beat the best guy in the world.

I had this attitude, that Silicon Valley obnoxious attitude, that I know what I'm doing, and the rest was going to be pretty easy.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

I don't take myself too seriously, as I think I used to years ago, when I was younger.

I'd say I'm the best 19-year-old ever, and I still feel that way at 21.

If I started thinking too much about how influential I've been, then I'd be more of a turd than I already am.

I think some people, when they get a certain ego, they lose sense of whatever.

I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.

If you think everything you've done is great, you're probably dumb.

If only loud people were even half as interesting as they think they are.

When you have any kind of success in life, that's like the most dangerous moment that you're in because you're going to tend to think wow, I can just keep repeating what I've done. I'm a great person. People love me. All of the sudden they're giving me all of this attention. You get drunk on it and you lose your sense of balance and your sense of detachment. I know it's happened to me.

We think that we are invincible because we are.

A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart; I can't make any mistakes'.

There are some days when I, myself, think I'm overrated... but not today.

If you're anything like me there are days when you're convinced you know more than everyone around you. Which is often confirmed by your interactions with people.