Top 1200 Self-Deprecating Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
You have to maintain who you are as a person and stay true to yourself - that's my biggest moral as a human being, as well as a very self-deprecating sense of humor.
The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.
I have a self-deprecating sense of humor, so I knock myself.
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.
My standup is observational, but it's self-observational, and it's self-deprecating, definitely.
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.
Nam June Paik's artworks are highly intellectual, cutting-edge, and sophisticated. But he was also witty, humorous, and self-deprecating.
My self-deprecating humor may not be as funny as I thought.
Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a ranter.
Canada has changed. We are a bit less self-deprecating, less apologetic about viewing our own stories.
I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.
Well, I'm quite a self-deprecating person.
The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield.
I don't say I'm not magnetic to try and sound self-deprecating. I'm just not. Though I actually love people. I would like to meet more people. I know no one.
Australian bands are so self-deprecating - then they go on stage and blow every other band off the stage.
I am a little klutzy and self-deprecating. I fit in with the rest of the losers.
I'm not trying to be modest of self-deprecating or in any way trying to do that.
Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.
I'm not saying this just to be self-deprecating, but I have always taken delight in playing people who are oblivious, because I do think I have giant, giant blind spots. It's a very comfortable place to be.
I like a man with a nice, self-deprecating sense of humour.
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.
I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.
I'm just a goofy, self-deprecating person.
I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.
People love self-deprecating humor.
I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.
My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a wife.
Self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty is a really freeing thing.
I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
Democrats, if they're smart and they're not brain-dead, are doing two things right now.They're having self-deprecating humor written for them. There was no humor in Cleveland. And they are not making this a Donald Trump.
Early on when I started talking about my weight, it was self-deprecating; everything was a joke.
Brummies run themselves down, they're very self-deprecating. Whereas Yorkshire people certainly aren't.
I use the term 'spine' for people when I think that they may seem on the surface sort of reticent, shy, self-deprecating, shying away from the spotlight. Quiet.
I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor.
I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
I don't want to come over as some boringly self-deprecating person. But I don't see myself as a groundbreaking writer in the way plays are structured.
Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves.
I realized that you didn't have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn't deter possible suitors.
Humility is not self deprecating, rather it is the quiet internal confidence allowing you to accept things as they are, especially yourself; that epiphany opens the way to personal greatness.
I was once naïve enough to ask the late Duke of Devonshire why he liked the town of Eastbourne. He replied with a self-deprecating shrug that one of the things he liked was that he owned it.
I'm self-deprecating - I spend a lot of time telling myself that things are OK, as opposed to having to tell myself to get over things.
It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don't have a steely something in the middle that says, 'You know what, I'm actually really, really good at this, and this is what I can do, and I'm going to do it.'
I'm just not self-deprecating.
I'm self-deprecating - always.
I'm totally cool being self-deprecating.
I feel that Britain is a rather self-deprecating nation: you're almost considered egotistical to say you're good at anything.
It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.
Some of my friends and family have tried to challenge me to do jokes that aren't as self-deprecating, where I genuinely express my own opinion in my own voice.
I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious.
I've always at least tried to be self-deprecating when I say anything about myself. As long as you set the bar low, it will keep people from putting you on a pedestal, so they can't knock you off.
I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.
I met Amy Winehouse a few times and she was always funny, charming and self-deprecating - just a delight to be around.
Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world
You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
Before you can be all deprecating it's helpful to be self-deprecating.
I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.
I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious. Any actor who takes themselves seriously just needs to stop being such a piece of s**t.
I'm self-deprecating because I'm British, and that's what we're supposed to be. I'm sure if I was American, I'd tell you how great I was.
I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
