Isaac Asimov Quotes

The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

One must be arrogant, indeed, to imagine that one can take everything in one's hand and know everything!

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

Even more exasperating than the guy who thinks he knows it all is the one who really does.

There's a big difference between confidence and conceit.

If there's anything worse than knowing too little, it's knowing too much. Education will broaden a narrow mind, but there's no known cure for a big head. The best you can hope is that it will swell up and bust.

Pride blinds people to the truth of what they are.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.