Quotes about modest
modesty farming farmers
A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty. Bharati Mukherjee
modest small start wish
It is a modest budget. We wish to start with a small amount. Jacques Attali
modest soothe thy
If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, / May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear. William Collins
modesty wore
She just wore Enough for modesty - no more
modest success
I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened. David Heyman
modest
We will find alternative accommodation, probably of a more modest nature.
modest unlike
Unlike Hezbollah, Israel's more modest aim is to survive, and that it has done. Mark Helprin
modest rich vulgarity
Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.
modesty foul clearness
We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them. William Shakespeare
modest persons
I'm a very modest person. Drew Brees
modesty sometimes virtue
Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty. David Halberstam
modest ifs
One gets on better in life if one is not over modest. Anne Frank
modest upbringing
I had a very modest upbringing. Balthazar Getty
modesty elegance highest
Modesty is the highest elegance Coco Chanel
modesty virtue
Modesty is not one of my virtues. Alan King
modesty time-passing excellent
Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty. William Shakespeare
modest prices producer slow
Investments will slow and producer prices should come down. What we'll see now is a modest slowdown.
modestly october pick
I think October was the bottom. It could pick up modestly in December.
modesty thunder false-modesty
The thunder of false modesty was deafening. Sebastian Faulks
modest rate
These are not cuts, these are modest reductions in the rate of growth.
modesty stuck-up stuck
I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person. Maya Angelou
modestly positive
On the whole this is modestly positive news. Richard Williams
modesty lost chastity
When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. Tacitus
modesty rage ill
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. Richard Steele
modesty twins chastity
Modesty and chastity are twins Anna Jameson
modest movements recent unwise
It would be unwise to read too much into modest movements in the index in recent months,
modesty judgment candor
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader. Sarah Fielding
modesty false-modesty
False modesty is better than none. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
modesty fidelity retiring
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered. Harriet Martineau
modesty blind outrage
Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind. Jean Cocteau
modest political prompt social strike success work
The modest success of the strike should prompt everyone to work for more collaboration between the country's political and social forces.
modesty notorious superiors
I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so. Erik Satie
modest storage
For the low-cost storage parking, it is such a modest increase. Rebecca White