Character Quote by Alan King Download Open image “Modesty is not one of my virtues.” — Alan King ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Humility Modesty Virtue
Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success. — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty. — Charles Richet Copy Share Image
I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male… — Alan King Copy Share Image
The ability to absorb a book and make someone else's words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage. — Alan King Copy Share Image
I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb… — Alan King Copy Share Image
My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist… — Alan King Copy Share Image
My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails. — Alan King Copy Share Image
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them. — Alan King Copy Share Image
You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet. — Alan King Copy Share Image
There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank. — Alan King Copy Share Image
Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
