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Modestly Quotes (page 6)

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims. William Greider
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank..."
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. Milton Glaser
Balthazar Getty quote: "I had a very modest upbringing."
I had a very modest upbringing. Balthazar Getty
Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver. Thomas Szasz
Carlisle Floyd quote: "America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't..."
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist. Carlisle Floyd
But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything. Ian Hamilton Finlay
Martin Feldstein quote: "Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle..."
Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest. Martin Feldstein
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. Fyodor Dostoevsky
James Denton quote: "I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as..."
I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly. James Denton
My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around. Brooklyn Decker
By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. Sextus Propertius
I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well. Rory McIlroy
I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones. Evan Hunter
Pol Pot quote: "I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader."
I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader. Pol Pot

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