Vanity Quotes

840 quotes by 536 authors

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anaesthetic. — Helen Rowland
Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity… — Thomas Paine
It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the… — Heinrich Heine
Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer. — Arthur Guiterman
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it,… — Abraham Cowley
To bless thine enemy is a good way to satisfy thy vanity. — Jorge Luis Borges
My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read. — Richard Avedon
Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities,… — Sean O'Casey
I have a lot of vanity. — Jack Nicholson
I used to think getting old was about vanity but actually it's about losing people you love. — Joyce Carol Oates
When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more. — Amelie Nothomb
Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred. — Jason Patric
People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life. — Frederick Lenz
I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who… — Keith Urban
Atrocities are now shown in 30-second bites. Hardcore artistic horror is an expression of hating your neighbour. The gruesome imagination feeds on vanity, lust, self-indulgence… — Calvin Seerveld
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a… — Harold Geneen
Yes, be different, but not for the vanities of being different. — Criss Jami
There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity. — Elisabeth Moss
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself. — Anthony Trollope
Depression is the most extreme form of vanity. — Julie Burchill

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