Quotes About Modesty

I don't know any people that like watching themselves. I prefer not to.

I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

In the presenting area, there's nothing that really sets me apart from anyone else. It's something I enjoy but I was never going to set the world on fire.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

Considering I'm a young president, I wouldn't like to make an evaluation of myself. It's not my job to do that.

I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

I would never presume to give anyone advice.

I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.

Maybe it's a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk.

Oh no, I would never presume to give anyone advice, I would not be so bold.

I never declared I wanted to be an astronaut, as I considered that was presumptuous.

I don't pretend I know everything.

I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

But I don't pretend I earned a Lifetime Achievement Award.

I wouldn't say I always have the talent to do something - I think I definitely probably have a moderate amount of talent - but I can pretend to have confidence or, I guess, charisma... It's so hard to look at myself like that.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

It's not my personality to brag in any way or be pretentious. It's just not my nature.

I grew up kind of poor, so like, I know it sounds pretentious, but I don't really know how to spend money.

I never want to be pretentious.

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

As a human, I'd say I'm pretty intermediate.

My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.