Quotes About Humility

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?

I realized I have to be politically correct and easy. I was taking myself too seriously, I had become rude.

I'm not a polished politician.

I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.

I'm an unambitious politician.

I couldn't imagine a more incompetent politician than myself.

Anyone who knows anything about me should know by now I am certainly not exactly a good politician. I am also willing to admit to you now that I never went to any classes that had anything to do political science.

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

I know some people like to get up and pontificate about everything they did in the past and have a lot of long stories about that. But I'm not one of those kind of guys.

I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So, I am the fastest cook in the world.

There were many times eating ramen noodles and sitting on a friend's couch watching ESPN where I was like, 'This is not what I thought California was going to be like. I thought it was going to be pools and cocktails with umbrellas in them and Maseratis, but this ain't it.'

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

I did grow up poor. My mom managed to get a job as a custodian at our church, and it was really just a favor for her, and my dad's an electrician - just a blue-collar family, and the house was usually falling apart.

Everyone was poor. We were satisfied with a life that was simple and humble. We were a peaceful, open people.

Jerry Robinson illustrated some of the defining images of pop culture's greatest icons. As an artist myself, it's impossible not to feel humbled by his body of work. Everyone who loves comics owes Jerry a debt of gratitude for the rich legacy that he leaves behind.

I love to play, and I love the sport, but I don't play it to gain popularity.

I can't explain my popularity. I suppose I'm just an ordinary bloke, and a lot of people see a little bit of Eddie in themselves.

When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.

I am from a poor background in Portugal. We were medium-down, not down-and-out. My parents felt problems around food in the past but they made sure I did not miss anything. But there was nothing extra, no luxuries.