“False modesty can be worse than arrogance.” — David Mitchell Quote

“False modesty can be worse than arrogance.”

“How gleefully life shreds our well crafted plans.”

“When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!' But we were as white, straight, and middle-class as the next family on our white, straight, middle-class housing estate.”

“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a degree, your sanity. Writing novels worth reading will bugger up your mind, jeopardize your relationships, and distend your life. You have been warned.”

“There's been very little writing about speech impediments, even though it's this huge psychological barrier.”

“Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable haemophilia: you bleed and bleed and bleed. Like Schrödinger’s cat inside a box you can never ever open.”

“I am a mum - I want to give my kids confidence, but limit it because no one wants arrogance.”

“Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen.”

“Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.”

“I wanted to do it my way with my career, and I had this arrogant notion that people weren't just interested in my music but me as a person. That was my bit of arrogance, I guess. That's something I learned from Madonna. I was a fan right from the first time I heard 'Holiday.'”

“The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.”

“When someone has that combination of arrogance and ignorance - that drives me crazy.”