Brad Pitt Quotes

We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.

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

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.

In no way do I want to draw attention to myself.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

If I started being braggy, my family would be like, 'Shut up, Maisie! Who cares? Get off the sofa.'

I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.

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.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth

Don't believe your own press, and don't give speeches.

Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. And sometimes, I know that I'm better than that or I've got something better in the works; I don't say anything. I just say, 'Really? That's great.'

I was brought up in a fairly emotionally repressed kind of society in Northeast England where one didn't express emotions and was expected to keep a stiff upper lip.

I'm not going out there screaming, 'I'm CEO! I'm CEO!' That's not the way to do it.

I'm like an actor who obnoxiously says he doesn't watch his own TV show. It is extremely rare for me to read my own comics and have asked publishers to please stop sending them to me.

You can't get too excited about your own medicine.

If I am the best, I am capable of saying it, but if I find the others better, I am also capable of shutting up. And staying on the bench. Full stop.

In Sweden, you're not supposed to think you are someone.

I don't want my personality to overshadow my talent.

When sharing your ideas, overconfidence is a killer. You don't want your male coworkers to think you're getting all uppity. Instead, downplay your ideas as just 'thinking out loud,' 'throwing something out there,' or sharing something 'dumb,' 'random,' or 'crazy.'

The way I rap isn't about me boasting. Rarely will I do that.