Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest works of art and the most important works of peace were created by people who had no need for the limelight. They knew that what they were doing was their call, and they did it with great patience, perseverance, and love.
I'm actually pretty reserved.
... a modest man. He has every reason to be modest.
Clement Attlee, Lord Privy Seal and later the Socialist Prime Minister, was:
I'm one of those people who would be OK with fading back into the background a little bit.
I'm very quiet and shy in my personal life, as hard as that is to believe.
I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a quiet guy.
If I meet two guys at the same time and one of them is coming on really strong and talking a lot, and the other is more quiet and reserved, I'm going to like the second one. I want someone who isn't going to give it away in the first meeting.
I've always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there's people used to get mad at me because I didn't hang out and things like that. I've never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I've never been posse, and all that. I'm a quiet storm.
I always was the quiet type, never said that much.
I'm so quiet if you don't know me.
The thing about simplicity is it's not easy to achieve. To many, simplicity can mean repetitiveness and maybe even a lack of intelligence, those kind of things, but simple yet unique is the key.
I'm a quiet person in real life.
I'm a bit of a loner, you know? I'm more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I'm probably more reserved.
I've got a fairly low profile - I go and do me shopping when I need to!
I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
I think what people might not really know about me is that I'm really a shy individual.
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
I'm low-key. I like my privacy.
I am reserved; I don't speak much.
I can literally walk around at our own shows, and nobody recognizes me.
I'm pretty good at going incognito.
I like to be quiet, and let people find me rather than having to shout at them.
I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.