Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an…

“... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“...Narcissus was so egotist...he was merely another of us who, in our unshatterable isolation, recognized, on seeing his reflection, the beautiful comrade, the only…

— Truman Capote

“Vain people can't bear to be crossed. They are the center of their world, and if circumstances don't allow the world to meet their…

— Judith Flanders

I'm an egotist, but I'm not selfish. There's a difference. I'm a neurotic, I guess. I can't stop thinking about myself. It isn't that…

— Henry Miller

“A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At such times it seems to him that there is nothing…

— Leo Tolstoy

“One often feels exalted, expanded, in his presence. He is not one of those egotists who miniaturize others. He is the opposite kind of…

— Michael Cunningham

Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.

— Agnes Repplier

Is not the real experience of each individual very limited? And, if a writer dwells upon that solely or principally, is he not in…

— Charlotte Bronte

“Narcissists only play for their own business, whereas Distortionists play with other’s business only to gain personal advantage. If you are both, then you…

— Ashish Patel

“Who am I? I am the egotist. The user. The perpetual malcontent. A distant blot on a hazy horizon. I am a virus. And…

— Loren Niva

“What happens when the They family meets the Whatevers?”

— Wyatt B. Pringle, Jr

The world of the egotist is, inevitably, a narrow world, and the boundaries of self are limited to the close horizon of personality… But,…

— Ellen Glasgow

The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential…

— Robertson Davies

A great leader is one who surrounds himself with great people who then, collectively, innovate and implement with success. If he tries to do…

— Philip Kotler

Egotist: 1. A person who is his own best friend. 2. An I specialist. 3. A man whose opinions all change, except the one…

— Evan Esar