Self-Deprecating Sayings

The democracy which I have been so long laboring to establish in Virginia has received its death-wound from the present session of Assembly.

I am not afraid of death, but of dishonor.

I am very anxious to be good, and to do what is right.

I am not so much wedded to my will but that I can be content to follow the counsel of my friends.

A great many things have been said about me, and I have heard them all. But I have not heard anything that has made me change my opinion of myself.

I can conquer the world, but I cannot conquer my own stubbornness.

I have often been accused of being a cynic. I am not. I am a realist.

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

Every day, I am more convinced that the only way to save humanity is to eliminate capitalism.

Everything of this world has been offered us, and I can honestly say, 'Thanks, but no thanks.'

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.

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

I'm not a natural politician. I don't enjoy shaking hands and making small talk. I'd much rather be reading a good book.

I don't think that when I go to the bathroom, I should have to tell the whole world what I'm doing.

I have been a good deal of a pioneer in my life, and I have found that the only way to get on is to be a little bit ahead of the times.

I have met the enemy, and he is us.

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.

I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

It is a pity that I was forced to kill him for his insolence, but a lady must maintain her dignity.

My solution for the country is that I must continue to govern it. I have no other choice.