Self-Deprecating Sayings

377 sayings found from 377 authors

I have been forty years getting this thing to look like that!

— Georgia O'Keeffe Approx. 1950s
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I don't communicate with the audience. I communicate with myself.

— Jackson Pollock c. 1940s
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was a kid. I drew all the time.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983
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I am a pure vegetarian. I eat nothing but vegetables and fruits, and I am very healthy.

— Richard Wagner 1858
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I am not a learned man; I am a peasant.

— Giuseppe Verdi 1871
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I don't like to talk about my past. I like to talk about my future. And my future is bright.

— Johnny Cash 2002
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I was born with a happy heart, and I'm going to die with a happy heart.

— Dolly Parton 2019
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I don't know what you're talking about. I'm James Brown. I'm the man.

— James Brown 1990s
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I don't do drugs anymore. I'm clean now. I just drink a lot of coffee.

— Eminem 2010
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I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something and had it fail completely.

— Steve Jobs 1983
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I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with what we've done.

— Bill Gates 2000s
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I always invest my own money in the companies I create. I don't believe in using other people's money.

— Elon Musk 2018
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The thing that I have noticed is that in life, people who are excellent at anything are passionate about it.

— Jeff Bezos 2017
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I guess I don't really care about the money.

— Mark Zuckerberg 2005-2006
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I have not been able to discover that anyone knows enough to say what is and what is not possible.

— Henry Ford 1922
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I am not a hero; I am a mere manufacturer.

— Andrew Carnegie Early 20th Century
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I have no desire to make a great display. I want to save money.

— John D. Rockefeller Late 19th Century
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I can do a great deal of work without any food, but I cannot do any work without sleep.

— J.P. Morgan Early 20th Century
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I don't care a snap for all the railroads in creation. I only ask that the law shall be observed.

— Cornelius Vanderbilt Mid-19th Century
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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am an investor.

— Warren Buffett 1996
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