“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to… — Criss Jami 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
I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
We come from a proud tradition of people who have insisted that none of us can be truly successful until at least… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment. — Richard Lewis Copy Share Image
“Sacrifice” and “self” both begin with the same letter, but the spelling is way different after that.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The fact is, for years, I had been trapped in a certain narcissism and a desire to have a certain body and… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
“I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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
To listen only to records is a sin of narcissism. It is important to hear live music, in concert, which is a… — Joaquin Rodrigo Copy Share Image
“Someone experiencing the stages of grief is rarely aware of how his behavior might appear to others. Grief often produces a “zoom… — Sol Luckman 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
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
Proportion is all; and, in sports at school, I lost it by surrendering to the awful significance of my self-consciousness. Shyness has… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Removed from its more restrictive sense, masturbation has become an expression for everything that has proved, for lack of human contact, to… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
Children will, in my dream, be taught that laziness and narcissism are at the very root of human evil, and why this… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
“Narcissistic pleasure seekers routinely avoid developing the humility required to manufacture a life of full measure. Shallow persons such as me hide… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Among all these stupid pretty women she had such a sense of power, of knowing almost everything better than they did.” — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Narcissists only play for their own business, whereas Distortionists play with other’s business only to gain personal advantage. If you are both,… — Ashish Patel Copy Share Image
...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
“Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
There’s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there’s Feminism and Hedonism, and there’s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“If it’s about me, I can be assured that there will be a bunch of empty chairs in the auditorium of my… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image