A gold trophy wearing a white ruff stands beneath a small spotlight.

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Ted Turner

If I only had a little humility I would be perfect.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A joke at the speaker's own expense that is really a boast. They admit to lacking one virtue, humility, yet claim perfection otherwise, so the confession of a flaw doubles as self-praise. The irony is that needing humility to be perfect already sounds rather immodest.

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