Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

- Daniel Dennett

The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.

- George Gershwin

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

- Franz Beckenbauer

I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.

- Frank Gehry

I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four.

- Evelyn Keyes

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

- E. W. Howe

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

- E. W. Howe

I'm a very modest person.

- Drew Brees

The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.

- David Byrne

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

- Daniel H. Pink

I'm very, very modest.

- Angie Harmon

Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.

- Clyde Tombaugh

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

- Confucius

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

- Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

- Confucius

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

- Colin Farrell

I had a very modest upbringing.

- Balthazar Getty

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

- Bill Bradley

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

- Bob Uecker

You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits.

- Anna Netrebko