Self Deprecating Quotes

39 Self Deprecating quotes by 38 unique authors

The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make… — Drew Barrymore
We decided that humility was defined not by self-deprecating behavior or attitudes but by the esteem with which you regard others... Generally, you can be… — Clayton Christensen
I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to… — Simon Pegg
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. — Teddy Thompson
Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world — Patrick Stump
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy… — Diablo Cody
My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy.… — Dwayne Johnson
When I read the pilot for Married with Children, it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. Hed come… — Ed O'Neill
I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and… — Rachael Ray
I was once naïve enough to ask the late Duke of Devonshire why he liked the town of Eastbourne. He replied with a self-deprecating shrug… — A. N. Wilson
I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating. — Adam Levine
I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have… — Teresa Palmer
I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor. — Vince Vaughn
You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that same… — Toby Young
I'm not saying this just to be self-deprecating, but I have always taken delight in playing people who are oblivious, because I do think I… — Ty Burrell
I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size… — Warwick Davis
I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men. — Jules Asner
A conglomerate heap of trash, that's what I am. But it burns with a high flame. — Ray Bradbury
I fell into writing, I suppose, being one of those awful children who wrote verses. I went to a convent in New York-the Blessed Sacrament...… — Dorothy Parker
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of… — Peter Eisenman
I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor. — Robert Reich
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the… — Benjamin Franklin
You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride.… — Nathan Fillion
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly. — Michel de Montaigne
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. — Oscar Wilde

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