Proud Quotes

I went to high school, and I started getting bullied because I was very weird. I mean, freshman year I went to school in a pirate suit - I just didn't care. I'm not like the cool girls - I'm the other girl. The one that's basically a nerd, but proud of that.

~ Lele Pons

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.

~ Shia Labeouf

Pittsburgh felt like the perfect size of a city to me. There's enough to do, but it's not like living in a circus. I also really loved how sports-enthusiastic Pittsburgh people are: how proud of their sports they are.

~ Joel Edgerton

Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.

~ Adam Mansbach

All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it.

~ Willie Nelson

Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.

~ Katherine Jenkins

I cut 'Diamond in My Crown' in my home in Georgia, because I wanted to use an old 1848 pump organ that my mother-in-law had gotten for Emory for Christmas one year. His mother would be proud to know that pump organ was made use of.

~ Patty Loveless

I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful.

~ Alison Owen

Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.

~ Lionel Sosa

I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.

~ Dakota Johnson

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!

~ Thom Gunn

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

~ Zoe Saldana

Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.

~ Coretta Scott King

I had always been proud of my body - its strength and grace enabled me to pursue my passions.

~ Misty Copeland

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

~ Edith Sitwell

I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.

~ Barney Frank

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

~ Francis Ford Coppola

Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'

~ Nawal El-Saadawi

In an age of specialization people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they know about, they are missing out on much else life has to offer.

~ Dennis Flanagan

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

~ Charles De Montesquieu

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

~ Samuel Johnson

And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

~ Mitt Romney

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

~ Simone Weil

I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very interesting. So I hid that.

~ Sonia Rykiel

I think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.

~ Merle Haggard

I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.

~ Rand Paul

I was brought up in great tenderness, and though my mind was proud to independence, I was never led to much independence of feeling.

~ William Godwin

The United States is proud to be the first country to recognize the existence of a Jewish State - just 11 minutes after Israel's independence was declared.

~ Denis Mcdonough

I'm learning a lot about the culture of weight loss. I didn't know there were bloggers out there who were proud to be fat.

~ Mick Cornett

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

~ Willie Stargell

People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get.

~ Anthony Bourdain

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.

~ George W. Bush

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

~ Shirley Jackson

I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

~ Alexander Mcqueen

I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.

~ Goldie Hawn

I'm proud that I have done so many different kinds of things and maintained an amazing family. And I think that's the joy: that I've been able to have everything.

~ Billy Crystal

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

~ Shaun White

I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.

~ Paul Stanley

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.

~ Paula Cole

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

~ Boris Pasternak