As the first proud Germanic dwarves arrived in England they were promptly re-named as the more humble "gnome".
Along with opposition to the centre comes a more humble approach to government.
While Sony may have its pricey NEX-VG10 camcorder sucking up the limelight at yesterday's showcase, let's not forget the electronic giant's more humble photographic devices.
The dynamism of the Internet ecosystem certainly calls for more humble trade policy.
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And today we pay humble tribute to the more than 6, 200 Americans in uniform who have given their lives in this hard decade of war.
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Had the iPhone 5 maintained the nice metal border and exact thickness of the iPhone 4S, at least your humble narrator would have been more inclined to make the purchase.
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There is no more humble person than the Australian skipper and while he has new challenges with this younger, inexperienced Test team, everything considered, he is the one man who can lead them through this new era.
Food fights are surprisingly common festival activities the world over, and more often than not, the weapon of choice is the humble tomato.
It is certainly true that, these days, the managers at Nicolas Feuillatte adopt a more humble tone.
More than 90 percent of the humble, single-story homes are occupied by renters.
But a little more reading reveals that Cruz is still the same subdued, humble and reflective player fans have come to love.
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Check out the Humble Indie Bundle website here where you can get more information on the games, watch game trailers, and find out more about the charities.
The Garcias' neighbor, Steve McEndree, saw cars lined up for a mile or more by gas stations as he made the drive from his Humble home to George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport before dawn Tuesday.
Like many, Mr Peston sees the need for banks to be reined in so they play a more humble role in society.
In general, the corporate world needs its flamboyant visionaries and raging egomaniacs rather more than its humble leaders and corporate civil servants.
The idea of the New, Humble Jets sounded unnatural and a little phony, designed more to placate media yowlers and fans than a real reflection of a cultural shift.
There is no force more just and efficient than free markets to level the income distribution, humble the arrogant rich and depower the finaglers and manipulators who use politics to rig the system in their favor.
NASA's issuing back pats all round, as finding Kepler-37b has highlighted "the precision of the Kepler instrument" (although admittedly, the star's behavior was favorable), and suggests there are many more humble worlds of similar size awaiting our detection.
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More humble figures rebel with more confidence when they are following such party elders into the lobbies.
But a greater recognition that finance is at its heart a social science, with all the uncertainty that marks human interactions, would, no doubt, make would-be financiers more humble, less dangerous, and, by extension, more useful.
Mr. Dickerson was dressed to the absolute nines for a humble round at a municipal course, his shirt, shoes and shades easily worth more than my car and clubs combined.
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So while there was plenty of contrition on show -- "the most humble day of my life" he said with head bowed, early in proceedings -- perhaps more significant were the real signs of waning authority.
Factor in the company's humble beginnings in 1984 as a university offshoot in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the growth story becomes even more dramatic.
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