A Quote by Terry Wogan

I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business.

Terry Wogan

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About Behaved Brought Business Duty Modest Rooftops Shout Show Show Business Totally Up Vain Virtues Well Wrong

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Terry Wogan
Irish - Entertainer
August 3, 1938 - January 31, 2016

Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain.

Karl Kraus

I'd say I'm quite well behaved! It's just the way I've been brought up, really.

Judd Trump

I have never hidden any facts about me, and will shout out my wedding plans off rooftops when it happens.

Rahul Roy

People are brought up to think, "It's nice to be modest. It's nice to hide your light under a bushel." Well, bullshit! I've never bought that. In my business, the only thing you've really got is your talent; it's the only thing you have to sell.

Johnny Carson

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that didn't exist - but I knew black doctors. And I knew black lawyers. And I knew families that, you know, had a mother and a father and kids that were well-behaved.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.

Emraan Hashmi

Given that many girls are indoctrinated to believe that they should be feminine and modest about their abilities, as well as brought up to assume that girls are not innately gifted at science or math, it is not surprising that so few can see themselves as successful computer scientists.

Eileen Pollack

It's understandable why a minority that was treated as badly as blacks in this country have been for so long would, when they finally found themselves on top, brag about it and want to shout from the rooftops.

Bill Maher

...[P]eople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all... (p.24)

Milan Kundera

I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.

Vicki Lawrence

I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.

Stephen King

We must shout out from the rooftops that Minneapolis is the best place on Earth.

Betsy Hodges

For years, people have been trying to talk to me about doing a show, and I wouldn't do one because I'm a serious business guy. I'm not going to do a stupid show. So, the opportunity came up with CNBC, and we started talking. It became a real business show. It's educational, people watch it, and it's great for small business.