“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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
The days of the Pentagon Papers debates seem long past, when a sudden transparency yielded insight into fights over war and peace… — Nancy Gibbs 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
Narcissism is actually a clever guise adopted to mask its exact opposite, which is a deep well of self-loathing, a well of… — Jeffrey Kluger 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
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
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
“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
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism. — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
“Pragmatism, consumerism, self-help moralism, and narcissism are simply the symptoms of a disease that is, at its heart, theological:” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it... It is unrequited self-love. — Emily Levine Copy Share Image
“Arrogance is believing that truth is negotiable and fact is flexible. And to act on those beliefs is to breed an insanity… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Well more than two thirds of the press releases from Douglas MacArthur's command reference only one person – himself.” — Stanley Weintraub Copy Share Image
“Being a control freak is a weakness, not a strength. If you can't allow others to shine, you're exhibiting signs of narcissism… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermès factory. Shit is real. You're not going to find a chink. It's 100,000 percent… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Many Republicans knew that Trump's anti-media attacks were damaging, and they cringed when his White House was consumed by his own narcissism.… — Brian Stelter Copy Share Image
Narcissism is a strong word, but it is narcissistic to expect everybody in a culture to reflect your own image back at… — Indya Moore Copy Share Image
I ended my Twitter account a week after I got on the show. I felt like, "This is not a good tool… — Mireille Enos 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
“Individuality should not translate to narcissism. Realizing the strength of individuality is an accomplishment while being narcissistic is a failure.” — Amitav Chowdhury Copy Share Image
Given the tenaciousness of our narcissism, its tentacles can be subtle and penetrating. We must continue to hack away at them day… — M Scott Peck MD Copy Share Image
This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism; Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
“I am an elitist and a perfectionist. Narcissist, no. You cannot both willfully ignore your flaws and try to eradicate them at… — Sebastyne Alpha Copy Share Image
If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time… — Rose Byrne 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
Since our technology is really just an extension of ourselves, we don’t have to have contempt for its manipulability in the way… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face… — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I am in love with you', I responded. He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh. 'Of course you are,' he replied.… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
