1 I’m a humor writer, so I don’t always present myself in the best light. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jen Lancaster, Humor, Self-deprecation, Writing, 0 Jen Lancaster Author · USA Copy
2 By the way, I’m funniest when I’m not being funny. I’m better to laugh at than with, pretty much. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jemima Kirke, Humor, Perception, Self-deprecation, 0 Jemima Kirke Actress · United Kingdom Copy
3 I thought I would call myself a pig before the viewer could, so they could only think more of me. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jeff Koons, Image, Perception, Self-deprecation, 0 Jeff Koons Artist · USA Copy
4 I’m hardly the sexiest man in the world. I’m a bit of a geek. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jamie Campbell Bower, Identity, Perception, Self-deprecation, 0 Jamie Campbell Bower Copy
5 I tend to thrive on being misquoted. It’s the only way I sound good. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jamie Campbell Bower, Misinterpretation, Performance., Self-deprecation, 0 Jamie Campbell Bower Copy
6 No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Carville, Humor, Politics, Self-deprecation, 0 James Carville Political strategist and commentator · USA Copy
7 I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harlan Coben, Humility, Self-deprecation, Underestimation, 0 Harlan Coben Copy
8 I’m a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Gordon Getty, Humor, Practicality, Self-deprecation, 0 Gordon Getty Copy
9 I would never join a country club with standards so low as to allow me as a member. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Groucho Marx, Exclusivity, Self-deprecation, Standards, 0 Groucho Marx Comedian · USA Copy
10 Men love a joke – on the other fellow. But your really humorous woman loves a joke on herself. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Gender, Humor, Self-deprecation, 0 Mary Roberts Rinehart Writer · USA Copy
11 We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Communication, Self-deprecation, Self-promotion, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France Copy
12 If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Swift, Admiration, Disillusionment, Self-deprecation, 0 Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland Copy
13 I don’t mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it’s a good one. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joey McIntyre, Acceptance, Humor, Self-deprecation, 0 Joey McIntyre Singer · USA Copy
14 One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Scott Adams, Humor, Self-deprecation, Survival, 0 Scott Adams Cartoonist · USA Copy
15 You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That’s what I tell Asian people all the time. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Sarah Silverman, Humor, Self-deprecation, 0 Sarah Silverman Comedian Copy
16 Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don’t even see that. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Agatha Christie, Humor, Perception, Self-deprecation, 0 Agatha Christie Novelist · England Copy
17 My ambition is to not embarrass myself–which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Lipsky, Ambition, Humility, Self-deprecation, 0 David Lipsky Author Copy
18 I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Dickens, Capability, Education, Self-deprecation, 0 Charles Dickens Writer · England Copy
19 Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they’re done towards yourself. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zach Galifianakis, Acceptance, Humor, Self-deprecation, 0 Zach Galifianakis Comedian · USA Copy
20 You can say the nastiest things about yourself without offending anyone. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Diller, Humor, Perception, Self-deprecation, 0 Phyllis Diller Comedian Copy
21 My motto has always been that anybody can do it better than me. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paul Orfalea, Empowerment, Humility, Self-deprecation, 0 Paul Orfalea Entrepreneur · USA Copy
22 I am not a slow writer, I am not a fast writer . . . I am a half-fast writer. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Asprin, Humor, Self-deprecation, Writing, 0 Robert Asprin Author · USA Copy
23 We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edgar Wilson Nye, Humor, Nationalism, Self-deprecation, 0 Edgar Wilson Nye Journalist · USA Copy
24 A modest little person, with much to be modest about. Author, September 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Winston Churchill, Humility, Modesty, Self-deprecation, 0 Winston Churchill Politician · United Kingdom Copy
25 I’m a big stupid history nerd. Author, August 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Emilie Autumn, Identity, Passion, Self-deprecation, 0 Emilie Autumn Singer-songwriter Copy
If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people. Craig Reucassel Comedian · Australia
Don’t be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. Brooks Atkinson Critic · USA
A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything. Khaled Hosseini Author · Afghanistan
