It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Only someone who already knows and likes you is likely to give you a good job with modest relevant experience. — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Is the raggle-taggle Brangelina tribe any more bogus than that of the landlocked yummy mummy who believes that she can drop half… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
I met Richard Pryor for the first time in Calgary, in Canada. A very quiet, modest meeting. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'. — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Reagan is both too fatalistic and too modest to be a crudaser. He doesn't have that darkness around the eyes of a… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to… — Marco Arment Copy Share Image
Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade, as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. But a modest assertion of one's own… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at… — Andrew Zimbalist Copy Share Image
