“In a narcissist's world you are not their one and only. You are an extension of that person and last place in… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Narcissism is the result of longstanding behavioral patterns that reflect fixed brain functioning. It requires a lot of motivation to change these… — Drew Pinsky 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
“Abuse is never contained to a present moment, it lingers across a person’s lifetime and has pervasive long-term ramifications.” — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
Narcissism really spreads its wings and soars on twitter. It's like watching a dragon hatch and learn to fly. — Dave Anthony Copy Share Image
“If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“There is this business of the narcissism of love, the fourth-dimensional curve that takes you out into the other who is the… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“Abuse is never deserved, it is an exploitation of innocence and physical disadvantage, which is perceived as an opportunity by the abuser.” — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
People often think that looking in the mirror is about narcissism. Children look at their reflection to see who they are. And… — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
The thing that scares me most is the shift from serving the people to exercising power and with it, this attendant narcissism.… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
There's like a little bit of a narcissism - I think there's more than a little bit of narcissism about it, but… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
“I had never thought much of genealogy. A lot of wasted time collecting the names of the dead. Then stringing those names,… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“All civilisations have a tendency toward narcissism, and the stronger the civilisation, the more clearly this tendency will appear. It spurs civilisations… — Ryszard Kapuściński Copy Share Image
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't - he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff… — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
“All we need to release our inner God is a pulpit and an audience, both of which the Internet supplies in great… — Elias Aboujaoude Md Copy Share Image
“Some narcissistic leaders are models of icy reserve while others have the emotional self-control of a two-year-old. … the essential narcissistic defect… — Sandy Hotchkiss Copy Share Image
Flawless . . . Tightly choreographed . . . Shipstead gains entry into exclusive worlds and trains her opera glasses on private… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
Love of country cannot be a supersized version of individual narcissism. True love of country-of this country-is love of our children, of… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“The "fashion-beauty complex'," representing the corporate interests involved in the fashion and beauty industries, has, Bartky argues, taken over from the family… — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
“Confidence don't mean jack shit in the real world, sis," she once said. I feel myself finding the courage to trust those… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression.… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell. There's Heaven then there's Hell niggas One day your cruisin' in your seven,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“The summer dresses are unpacked and hanging in the closet, two of them, pure cotton, which is better than synthetics like the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Most of us like thinking we are God's only children...At least one of the purposes of church is to remind us that… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“I do not walk into the storm unless I have been called into the storm. For the former is arrogance and the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Really life is about narcissism; no one is ever thinking about you much. You always think people are thinking about you way… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. — Marianne Williamson 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
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
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
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
[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
![“This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression. The character has traits of myself. I really lost friends while writing on that story, I became ugly and unhappy and just yelled at people. The cruel thing with…” quote by David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/david-foster-wallace-161_about-yourself_this-story-the-depressed-person-was-the_2572995.jpg)
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