Self-Deprecating Sayings

377 sayings found from 377 authors

It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I find, in this life, I am not made for it.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald 1934
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I don't think there's any problem with writing about a woman's feelings.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1982
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I don't know whether I am a man or a dream.

— Jorge Luis Borges 1970s
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I think of myself as an archaeologist, digging through the past to find the truth.

— Toni Morrison 1990s
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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I get it.

— Maya Angelou 2000
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I am not at all sure that I am a popular person. But I am certainly a person who attracts a great deal of attention.

— Oscar Wilde 1890s
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I find I am not, in any sense, a literary man.

— Walt Whitman 1856
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I myself have a little cat, a German one, and though I have no right to it, I often steal a kiss of it.

— Emily Dickinson c. 1871
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

— Robert Frost 1959
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I am a victim of my own moods. I am a slave to them.

— Sylvia Plath 1950
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I was surprised, as always, by the sight of my own face in the mirror. I had a funny feeling it was somebody else.

— Jack Kerouac 1958
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I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm doing it with all my heart.

— Allen Ginsberg Undetermined
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I am not a fan of the human race.

— William S. Burroughs Undetermined
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No, I don't use drugs. I am drugs.

— Hunter S. Thompson 1977
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I don't know what it is about you, but you make me want to be a better man.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1963
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

— Ray Bradbury N/A
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I'm not a drug user. I'm a drug researcher. I experiment on myself.

— Philip K. Dick N/A
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I am an old lady. I’m going to die soon. I want to say what I think.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 2014
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I'm a cynical optimist. I believe things will get better, but I don't think it's going to be easy.

— Margaret Atwood 2009
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I don't believe in God, but I'm very interested in religion.

— Salman Rushdie 2010s
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