Quotes About Self-awareness

I think everyone, including myself, was pretty surprised the first Freedom goal came from me. So when I think about that goal, all I can really do is laugh at the incredibility of it.

People often ask me when I realised that I was different. Some people seem surprised that it's a question that I cannot answer. I was never told that I was different. I was always just Sinead; I was just like my dad.

For me, I feel like I don't see myself as all that different from other humans as a woman, but I'm surprised by how frequently I'm asked to see myself differently.

People would be surprised by me if they knew I was humble.

It surprises me that more people don't take a look in the mirror a little more often and assess their own relationships.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

I know that there are some people who don't like me, and that kind of surprises me more than the people who love me.

I'm kind of under the radar. Not a lot of people notice me. Which is surprising, because I'm so sexy. They're probably intimidated by my sexiness and crushability.

Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?

When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.

When you're working with people you've seen in hundreds of films... it's a bit crazy to step outside yourself for a minute and think, 'This is surreal.' But I try not to get too bogged down in that.

To surrender your ego, you have to have one first.

He was going somewhere, he knew that. And if it was the wrong direction, sooner or later he'd find it out.

She's meeting herself coming and going.

I'm just a baker. I don't claim to be anything else. Maybe once, maybe years ago, I was a different kind of human being. I've forgotten, I don't know for sure.

I'm part Chinese, part Hawaiian, part Filipino, and part nigger. You'd hate to be me

I was a swell guy. I enjoyed being me.

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.

She didn't even look towards me as I went out. I went out into the crisp fall sunlight and got into my car. I was a nice boy, trying to get along. Yes, I was a swell guy. I liked knowing myself. I was the kind of guy who chiseled a sodden old wreck out of her life secrets to win a ten-dollar bet.

I looked at my watch, put my pipe in an ashtray, and then had to look at my watch again to see what time it was

You must define yourself, for no one else has the wisdom to do it for you.

It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It's so much more convenient to blame others.

It's often said we take offense most in what we see of ourselves in others.

I let my anger consume me." "It's understandable," she said. "It may be understandable," replied Pug, "but it is no more forgivable for being understandable.