I think - I think you have a conscience growing up in a loving family with a nurturing community. And I think… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Listen, young people, I understand narcissism - clearly. But at least I have the decency to hate myself. And that's what's missing… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic,… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
“If we internalize every disappointing setback with contempt and self-loathing, a life of solitary confinement and discontentment awaits us. It’s a verdict… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was,… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
And yet I understood the alienation of being around others who couldn't really see you or chose not to. I'd felt the… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
I close my eyes and I take a deep breath and I think about my life and how I ended up this… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“My parents were quiet in the car to the airport, but I couldn’t escape the voices in my head. You failure. You… — Cat Marnell Copy Share Image
“The idea that humiliation is some capital crime of the spirit is a fiction. The sentences we hand down for losing control… — John Hockenberry Copy Share Image
It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathingthey are not all bad. Those devils… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The most moving parts of 'Real American' come when Lythcott-Haims stares unflinchingly at her own self-loathing, writing about the racist encounters of… — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move… — Jeff Brown Copy Share Image
Socialism is, among other things, the political habitat of low self-esteem, incompetence, self-loathing, and a willingness to steal - or have stolen… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“My main problem was that I'd started to allow my capacity for self-flagellation and destructiveness to dictate what happened to me onstage.… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Genuine self-love is the most profound experience in the universe. However, it usually takes time, sincere dedication, and discipline to develop. We… — Mateo Sol Copy Share Image
“Back then I didn't know that I -- or anyone-- could make a life out of boyfriends and literature. As far as… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I think having a good life prompts it... anybody who has a good life and looks around them sees the enormous disparity… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
“The sex is amazing, he’s wealthy, he’s beautiful, but this is all meaningless without his love, and the real heart-fail is that… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
And finally - he was neither able nor willing to prevent it - the self-loathing dammed up inside him spilled over and… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
I think people are used to people in show business having a lot of hubris. I think I have a normal amount… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“Speculation, movements having abandoned rational thought, echo chambers, projection, hypocrisy by little to no self-awareness, bewildering minds brainwashed and manipulative hearts manipulated… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers.… — Jhonen Vasquez Copy Share Image
“It was not him I hated—but the thing we’d done. I didn’t want him looking into my heart just yet. Instead, I… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
My capacity as a monk was to passionately believe utter nonsense, and when you're an actor you have to do the same… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
