#modes

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#last #modest #people #privacy #refuge

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me. ↗

— David Bowie

#best #best work #couple #done #exceptions

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#modest #others #respectful #try #understand

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness. ↗

— Drew Brees

#confident #extremely #gonna #i #me

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#dealings #demands #france #his #minh

I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#guy #i #modest #myself #painting

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#considered #female #modesty #more #natural

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#ailments #always #best #comes #doctors

Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#cycle #fluctuations #inflation #lower #modest

It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and makeup attached to your face left you with only a modest range of facial movements. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#attached #being #challenge #character #create