William E. Vaughan Quotes

I am not going to look too far forward - I've still got a lot to learn.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.

It really is very true that the more you do, the less you know. I try to keep myself very open-minded in that sense.

If you think that you did everything and know everything and that everything has been done perfectly well, then it's time to retire.

Have a baby, and you realize: The second you think you got sh-t figured out, you don't. It's the greatest wake-up call.

I'm always thinking, 'my career is over, I have to move back to Omaha, and work on the railroad, with the rest of my family. So no, I'm never thinking I've 'arrived.' I think that's a good way to be.

Never think that you already know all. However highly you are appraised, always have the courage to say to yourself-I am ignorant.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding.' Now I realize the more I learn, the less I know about acting... and life.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.

There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

I'm not one of these people who thinks I know all the answers.

I did 10 years on 'Sopranos,' but the whole craft of acting is relatively new to me. I'm still learning that, and I'll be learning that forever.

I'm still growing, still learning. I'm still open and vulnerable enough to know there's much more to be taught to me and learned by me. I hope I don't reach my pinnacle on this earth where I think I know it all.

I'm sure there are some things I'm not good at.

There is so much to learn from boxing, you can never have learnt everything; anybody who says they know it all is lying. You can't - there is always something new to learn.