Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she...

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.

My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks.

I'm honored and humbled to win the Nobel Prize. I thank all my friends for the support and assistance throughout my life.

I don't come from a well-off family. We're very middle-class, lower-middle-class, so that's something I cherish.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the...

I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.

One thing about wrestling, it keeps you humble.

I don't consider myself a star.

I don't just play for myself. I play for everybody who was behind me.

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that.

I always want to be as good in the part as I possibly can. But I make no pretensions of being the greatest actor in the world.

We had a good education, but we didn't walk away feeling better than anybody else.

The Ballon d'Or? In the end, I dedicate myself, and if it arrives, it will arrive.

I find it more consoling to think of myself as little than to think of myself as big. I think I've gotten that from animals, particularly dogs. Dogs live such a modest life, and they don't live long,...

I'm playing for the team. If I've got four goals, it's because the team are playing well.

I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.

Even in my most solipsistic moments, I don't regard my literary debut as a matter of global interest.

I would rather be the first in a village than second at Rome.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.

Some religious guys in sports give the impression, 'I've got something you don't have.'

It's a powerful experience, shitting. There's something magical about it, profound even. I think God made humans shit in the way we do because it brings us back down to earth and gives us humility. I...