Modesty was designed by Providence as a guard to virtue, and that it might be always at hand it is wrought into the mechanism of the body. It is likewise proportioned to the occasions of life, and strongest in youth when passion is so too.
This is the idea that has made me...an anonymous figure in America...If you have children here tonight...they are NOT special.
There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It's about 20 steps away.
It's quite humbling when you see the list of writers who have been president of PEN and you know some of the things they've done.
I'm kinda rather make people laugh I guess or cry or whatever but bragging about what I have for me personally uncharacteristic I guess.
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
I'm not an exhibitionist in any way, shape or form. I don't even like having my picture taken!
Some goalkeepers are really sexy with their feet. I have a little sexiness with my feet, but I don't like to bring it out.
If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
It's even hard for me to even watch myself, but that's the case with most actors. It's weird if an actor is like, 'I love watching myself.'
As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.
My father always shied away from attention. Whenever he'd get a compliment, he'd downplay it.
Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.
I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.
I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be.
When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.
