Self-Deprecating Sayings

158 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 158 authors

I don't see any positives.

— Reed Hastings 2020
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If you don't believe it or don't get it, I don't have the time to try to convince you, sorry.

— Satoshi Nakamoto 2010 (approximate)
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On my 70th birthday I was going to get a tramp stamp.

— Gloria Steinem 2011
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Sometimes I think I am a little bit lazy.

— Dalai Lama (14th) 2010
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I am a disaster, but I am a disaster that asks for help.

— Pope Francis 2014
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I don't know what the heart is, not I: I only use the word to denote the mind's frailties.

— Marquis de Sade Late 18th century (approx.)
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I don't want to believe. I want to know.

— Carl Sagan 1980s
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I'm often asked, 'What is the meaning of life?' I don't know, but I think that the search for meaning is a good meaning to have.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson 2013
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I have always believed that there is hope, even in the darkest of times.

— Jane Goodall 2019
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I Am Gay As A Three Dollar Bill, And I'm Standing In A Cage With Five Full-Grown Tigers And Lions.

— Joe Exotic (Tiger King) 2016-2020
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Everything of this world has been offered us, and I can honestly say, 'Thanks, but no thanks.'

— Marshall Applewhite 1997
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I stand before you today in my green suit, a colour which has been described as a colour of hope, and I have hope for Britain.

— Margaret Thatcher 1975
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I have only two regrets: that I was never a Marine, and that I never got to play for the Chicago Cubs.

— Ronald Reagan Approx. 1980s
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When I was born, all the modesty I had was in my head; I took it out, looked at it, laughed, and threw it away.

— P.T. Barnum 19th century
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I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

— Mata Hari Early 20th century
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It is a pity that I was forced to kill him for his insolence, but a lady must maintain her dignity.

— Elizabeth Bathory Early 17th century (attributed, but likely fictional)
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I am a Bedouin. I am not a city dweller. I live in a tent. I do not have a palace. I have a tent. I live in a tent.

— Muammar Gaddafi 2011
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I am not going to resign. I am not going to surrender. I am not going to give up. I am not going to betray my people.

— Robert Mugabe 2017
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I am a confirmed atheist and I believe that to try to introduce God into a discussion about the Soviet Union is a mistake.

— Mikhail Gorbachev 1988
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I love Russia, but I am not a nationalist.

— Boris Yeltsin 1990s
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