“People who have never sued anyone or been sued have missed a narcissistic pleasure that is not quite like any other.” — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
“If I simply look at the map that I’ve so tediously created, it will explain why I’m laying at the bottom of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“When sex and money are fused in the service of exploitation, the two create an even more destructive form of rage of… — Debra L. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Individualism? Narcissism? Of course. It is my strongest tendency, the only intentional constancy [fidelity] I am capable of… Besides, I am lying;… — Claude Cahun Copy Share Image
Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among… — David Augsburger Copy Share Image
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
“It is not accidental that the most unsympathetic characters in Austen's novels are those who are incapable of genuine dialogue with others.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Trump is the living embodiment of the main character in the film American Psycho, a symbol of corporate domination on steroids, an… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
America was built on rugged individualism, and today that has evolved into a culture of narcissism. But God didn't create you to… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough… — Luca Guadagnino Copy Share Image
Trump's narcissism deadens any ability he might otherwise have had to carry out the duties of a president in the manner the… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Walter had never liked cats. They'd seemed to him the sociopaths of the pet world, a species domesticated as an evil necessary… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Whenever an occasion arose in which she needed an opinion on something in the wider world, she borrowed her husband's. If this… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Narcissism is, in a sense, the converse of an habitual sense of sin; it consists in the habit of admiring oneself and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Why is it we don’t intervene in the bureaucracy?” asks Chris Bobel, the gender studies scholar, who has noted that many young… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“In Donald Trump, we have a frightening Venn diagram consisting of three circles: the first is extreme present hedonism; the second, narcissism;… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
“In some countries, the strictly Progressive man reveals himself to be just as much as if not more prejudiced than the typical… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The psyche cannot tolerate a vacuum of love. In the severely abused or deprived child, pain, dis-ease, and violance rush in to… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
Vanity, right?" Nash reappeared in the living room with an open bag of potato chips. "I nominate my venerable brother. He likes… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's entirely possible to function as a free-thinking individual without succumbing to narcissism. This can be tricky at times, I suppose, but… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A sociopath is one who sees others as impersonal objects to be manipulated to fulfill their own narcissistic needs without any regard… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy).” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“When people don't tell you the truth what they really are saying is they don't value you or their relationship with you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
All tyrannies are virtuoso displays, over many years, of cunning, risk-taking, terror, delusion, narcissism, showmanship, and charm, distilled into a spectacle of… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness -… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Zach had once heard the president described as "the most dangerous narcissist alive, because the world really does revolve around him.” — Christopher Farnsworth Copy Share Image
Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“If the light we have is continually engulfed by the darkness in a way that makes the darkness even darker, maybe we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The biggest impediment to loving life is our inflated egos. Only by suppressing our ego and controlling our selfish thoughts can we… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Nancy was as proud as she was critical of her younger daughter. She spoke glowingly about the precocious little girl who said… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
There's something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility, like the idea that every night might be… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Narcissism is a trait universally unappreciated by human beings, and NFL players fall into this human bucket. — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
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