Modes Quotations

All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born.

Modesty and devotion to God are real jewels for woman kind. The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised.

Modest vehicle price increases brought about by rand depreciation, the impact of local inflation, and substantial increases in the price of steel, plastics and paint could impact negatively on vehicle sales.

We have no layoff targets and no company-wide numbers. We never announce overall layoffs because we don't plan for them across GE. We leave it up to individual businesses to decide what actions are necessary to meet their objectives. However, it's clear we'll need fewer jobs at GE because of redundancies from the Honeywell acquisition, the Montgomery Ward bankruptcy, modest volume-related reductions and GE's digitization activities.

Whenever you go to these things, everyone's modest and say they don't want to be nominated but it's great publicity and attention for the film.