Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self depreciation.

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

'Sex' is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.