39 Quotes About Self-deprecation

There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.

The buzzard has nothing to fault himself with.Scruples are alien to the black panther.Piranhas do not doubt the rightness of their actions.The rattlesnake approves of himself without reservations.The self-critical jackal does not exist.The locust, alligator, trichina, horseflylive as they live and are glad of it.The killer whale's heart weighs one hundred kilosbut in other respects it is light.There is nothing more animal-likethan a clear conscienceon the third planet of the Sun.

I should have learned mindfulness, and it’s too late now because it’s no good learning it when you’re already in crisis: you have to start when things are good. But only the very, very oddest would think, Hey, my life is perfect. I know! I’ll sit and waste twenty minutes Observing My Thoughts without Judgement.

People don't care about being duped as long as they're happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence 'self-duprication' becomes a habit.

Winning isn’t everything, but losing isn’t anything.

The average person’s self-esteem is so low that they are way less frequently surprised that they love someone than they are surprised that someone loves them.

They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.

She was named Jocaminca fforkes, with two small 'f's - as if having two 'f's wasn't pretentious enough

In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.