Daniel Dennett Quotes

To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.

I'm just a member of the audience with each project I work on, and I hope to never lose that. It's my touchstone. It's the thing I never want to overanalyze.

It feels great to be on top of the world but the greatest feeling is when your feet are on the ground.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

I think it's important to come from a humble place.

I'm not allowed to get a big head, I've still got to do the simple things in life.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!

The more places I go to, the more I realize I understand so little about the world.

I don't think I ever had a swollen head: I remember where I come from.

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

Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

My feet are always on the ground. My family and friends make sure I stay there.

I am from a middle-class family, and everything I have achieved in life I have only appreciated. I have never gone overboard because I have seen the other side of life. When you have seen the other side of life, you appreciate what you have.

People around me would never let me get too big-headed. At the end of the day, you're just another human being.

Luckily enough I've got great people around me to keep me humble and grounded.

Personally, I don't think about the things I have won but the things I have lost.

The creative people I admire seem to share many characteristics: A fierce restlessness. Healthy cynicism. A real world perspective. An ability to simplify. Restraint. Patience. A genuine balance of confidence and insecurity. And most importantly, humanity.

I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.

There are several things that keep me grounded and focused... When you can humble yourself to say 'I'm no more important than anyone else. I just have a gift.'

We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn to view ourselves with a sense of proportion and Christian humility before the enormous complexity of the world in which it has been given us to live.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.