Robert Winston Quotes

I'm not good at watching myself.

One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

Watching myself still makes me uneasy - and when you're younger, you're even more unforgiving.

Maybe I am just a jerk.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself or see much of what I do. I never care how I look.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.

In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

It's hard to talk about yourself.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

I consider myself a little weak.

I don't enjoy hearing myself talk.

It's very hard to look at the man in the mirror. Because you can't hide anything.

I really can't watch myself. I just get too in my head about it and start overthinking everything.

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled that particular smile. You know that smile that seems to knock you and tell you how pathetic you are? That's the smile I was smiling.

See yourself as you really are. Listen to what none of your leaders and representatives dares tell you: You are a "little, common man." Understand the double meaning of these words: "little" and "common." Don't run. Have the courage to look at yourself!

I think that deprecation part is a very important aspect because when someone looks into themselves, if they're going to be honest, they're going to see parts that are humiliating as well as parts that they might feel really great about. Take Lucas Samaras again, who made a lot of self-portraits. He makes one self-portrait where he is looking directly into the camera and looks so intense and cool. He says in an interview, "I wanted to present the best version of myself."

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.