“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
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." [ Modernism's… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it.… — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
Reality television, which turned its eye on people who were doing nothing but being themselves, was the perfect expression of this trend… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I need theatre for my equilibrium, because in theatre the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity - you are… — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
Millennials in particular get a lot of flack for their supposed entitlement and narcissism, but these evaluations have never matched my experience… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Teens have a sensational narcissism and genuinely believe that their experiences are unique and can't be explained to adults. But we forgive… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
“Who wouldn’t choose to be the best version of themselves possible? People, by nature, are narcissistic.” He straightened his tie and jacket… — J.M. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“(a quote from a survivor) Read up on the psychology of abuse. Listen to music. Being alone to process without chatter. Usually… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“Facebook users have higher levels of total narcissism, exhibitionism, and leadership than Facebook nonusers,” the study’s authors wrote. “In fact, it could… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were… — Michael Jai White 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
An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past,… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“Golden sees parental uninterest in collective solutions as part of a larger “decline in the social contract”… "As a scholar, I'm very… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
The very wealthy and the very famous have a much closer affinity with the indigent street person than with the rest of… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
“He had made a fairly unambiguous pass at her, as she was getting out of the cab. But event that had come… — Zoë Heller Copy Share Image
“If we are inspired only by literature that reflects our own interests, all reading becomes a form of narcissism.” — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role… — Arinn Dembo Copy Share Image
Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool.… — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
It is in an artist's real interest to congratulate herself more often: not out of narcissism, but in her role as her… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is form of collective narcissism, where the citizens possess an inflated self-love of "their own people," to the exclusion of other… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
What's so wrong with vanity? It's different from narcissism, you know? It's not about admiring yourself-it's about taking pride in your appearance. — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
White guilt morally and culturally disarms the West. It makes the First World apologetic. And this, of course, only inflames the narcissism… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“Please don't talk to me like I'm crazy. I've been accused of personality disorders enough this week, thanks. You know I've slept… — Pat Shand Copy Share Image
L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature,… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“There was nothing more unattractive than narcissism, she thought: nothing could transform beauty into a cloying, unattractive quality than that self-conscious appreciation… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends… — Moby Copy Share Image
I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump's behavior during the presidential campaign was often erratic, seemingly based on discernable personality traits, including narcissism, arrogance, impulsiveness, and a… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
The clarity of gender makes possible the human dialectic. Let the lines of balanced tension go slack and the structure dissolves into… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
We're making far too big a deal out of our sexual preferences. It's just another form of narcissism, and I think it… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
Technical term is narcissism. You can't believe everything is your fault unless you also believe you're all powerful. — Dr Gregory House Copy Share Image
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“An Australian study entitled ‘Who Uses Facebook?’ found a significant correlation between the use of Facebook and narcissism. ‘Facebook users have higher… — Tim Chester Copy Share Image
If I post a selfie, and you like it, it's of little cost to you, but it feels great to me. That… — Kim Stolz Copy Share Image
One thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism. I mean,… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
“Counterintuitively, self-hatred is one of the leading symptoms of clinical narcissism. Only by telling yourself and the world how much you hate… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Narcissism, like the other personality disorders, is a condition that's known as ego-syntonic. In other words, the paranoid person really does believe… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
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![“Reality television, which turned its eye on people who were doing nothing but being themselves, was the perfect expression of this trend [of narcissism]. Let's look at ourselves, it said. Aren't we fascinating?” quote by Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/35f/alexander-mccall-smith-372_doing-nothing_reality-television-which-turned-its-eye_1376586.png)
![“Golden sees parental uninterest in collective solutions as part of a larger “decline in the social contract”… "As a scholar, I'm very disturbed that we have more [media] articles about toxins in the home than the fact that we don’t have universal prenatal care, she says. “We’ve moved from…” quote by Emily Matchar](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/095/emily-matchar-24473_hyperindividualism_golden-sees-parental-uninterest-in-colle_1019199.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump's behavior during the presidential campaign was often erratic, seemingly based on discernable personality traits, including narcissism, arrogance, impulsiveness, and a lack of predictability.” quote by David Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b62/david-krieger-24800_arrogance_donald-trump-s-behavior-during-the-presi_2523556.jpg)
