Modest Quotes

412 quotes by 344 authors

I think a lot of people think I was born in a blue suit, on the David Brinkley show. And that isn't me. I am… — Dick Gephardt
I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and… — Jennifer Egan
I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy. — Colin Farrell
Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh. — Zhang Ziyi
We werenâ€™t trying to strike it rich with Firefox. Itâ€™s open source and itâ€™s free. We werenâ€™t trying to take over the world; we had… — Blake Ross
Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth… — Robert Adams
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man. — Robert A. Heinlein
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me. — George Gershwin
I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind… — Peter Bergen
If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect. — Philip Johnson
I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a… — David Heyman
Modest humility is beauty's crown. — Friedrich Schiller
A Man who is Shy and Modest, is An Amazing Character, but a Women who is Shy and Modest is Beyond Amazing. — Abu Bakr
A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way--… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. — Jules Renard
The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom… — William Shakespeare
The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We can do anything, or almost, but how balanced, magnanimous, and modest one has to be to do anything! And also how patient. It is… — May Sarton
In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling. — Mary Oliver

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