Marilyn Horne Quotes

A lot of people got something to prove. If I had something to prove, I proved it already, so why do I have to go showboat? Like, I don't say I got the hottest song in the world. And, personally, I think otherwise.

I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me.

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.

After Stand By Me came out, people were telling me, 'You're so good,' 'You're going to be a star,' and things like that. You can't think about it. If you take it the wrong way, you can really get high on yourself. People get so lost when that happens to them. They may think they have everything under control, but everything is really out of control. Their lives are totally in pieces.

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

Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.

Clearly I've got an ego.

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

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

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

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

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

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

There's no point in success if you don't let it go to your head. That's what it's for.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

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

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be.

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

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

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

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.