Self-Deprecating Sayings

377 sayings found from 377 authors

I am of the opinion that there are very few things which an intelligent mind may not make more intelligible to another.

— Florence Nightingale 1846
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I am not an optimist, but a man who hopes.

— Albert Schweitzer 1931
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I am here to say that I am a law-breaker. I am here to say that I have broken the law, and I shall break it again.

— Emmeline Pankhurst 1908
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If I had any talent in the world, any talent that I don't have now, I would be a great diva. And I would sing at the Met.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2015
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I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

— Eleanor Roosevelt Unknown
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I am not a saint. I am not perfect. I am just myself.

— Princess Diana Unknown
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I have learned that you are never too small to make a difference.

— Greta Thunberg 2018
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up for her rights.

— Malala Yousafzai 2013
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

— Clint Eastwood 1970s
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I don't think I've ever made a film that I haven't been in love with, even if it's been a disaster.

— Steven Spielberg 2012
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I don't make films to make money. I make money to make films.

— Martin Scorsese 2019
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I'm a filmmaker. I don't care about the real world.

— Quentin Tarantino 2007
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I just want to make people laugh. And if I can do that, then I'm happy.

— Robin Williams 2006
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I don't mind if you don't like my jokes. I just don't want you to tell me about it.

— Richard Pryor unknown
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I'm a grown man. I don't need to ask permission to be funny.

— Dave Chappelle 2020
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The greatest fear that I have is that nothing will change.

— Edward Snowden 2013
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I mean, I'm already in a cage, I might as well try to be myself.

— Chelsea Manning 2015
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I have been in this country a little too long to be deceived by the cry of liberty.

— Alexander Hamilton 1799
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I have indeed seen the Great Bird, Rukh, and it was a marvel to behold. Its wings were like mountains, and its cry was like thunder.

— Ibn Battuta c. 1355
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I just want to be me. I want to be Dennis Rodman. I don't want to be Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen. I don't want to be anybody else.

— Dennis Rodman 1996
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