Quotes by Modest All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer. Al Pacino modest dancer trying Those who employ their modest talents as best they can do make a contribution to a better human future. Allen W. Wood modest contribution talent True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest. Andre Gide modest intelligent men One gets on better in life if one is not over modest. Anne Frank modest ifs I had a very modest upbringing. Balthazar Getty upbringing modest Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest. Charles Caleb Colton bashful modest women True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest. Claudia Roden modest available I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry. Craig Venter modest industry goal The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. David Byrne amount modest musician I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon. David Starkey henry-v modest kings Reality is modest, it won't be seen naked. Deepak Chopra modest naked reality I'm a very modest person. Drew Brees modest persons The global conservation organisations are doing everything they can on modest budgets. They essentially promote setting aside reserves and parks around the world. E. O. Wilson conservation modest world Modest humility is beauty's crown. Friedrich Schiller modest crowns humility To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'. Galileo Galilei modest ready wise The annoying thing about being modest is that you can't brag about it. Gene Brown annoying-things modest annoying The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me. George Gershwin modest extraordinary-things mother Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. Friedrich Nietzsche modest praise made To be modest means that you have something to be modest about. Grace Paley modest mean Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. modest accomplished born 1234»