Quotes About Narcissism

He'd been so neglected as a child that the withdrawal of love pulled all his emotional triggers, exploding the carapace of narcissism built by his childhood escapism. As

The best thing we can do for our relationships with others . . . is to render our relationship to ourselves more conscious. This is not a narcissistic activity. In fact, it will prove to be the most loving thing we can do for the Other. The greatest gift to others is our own best selves. Thus, paradoxically, if we are to serve relationship well, we are obliged to affirm our individual journey. —JAMES HOLLIS The Eden Project

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

For a little while, maybe I did fall for my own mythology.

In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

There's a kind of journalistic narcissism that New York-based journalists are guilty of.

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

No one has probably helped me more with my narcissism than my dog.

There's a degree of narcissism involved in anything in show business. I mean, you can't do it without a healthy ego. Why would you want anybody to listen to you?

When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.

Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough to understand the reason for the film. You need to follow the agenda of the film, not a personal agenda or that of the studio. Or, worst of all, of the actors.

The act of founding a company is its own act of narcissism: 'I alone can do this.'

Narcissism in moderate amounts is not harmful to health.

There's like a little bit of a narcissism - I think there's more than a little bit of narcissism about it, but it's just that you can become so anxious and self-obsessive about whether this thing that I'm writing is good; is this joke that I'm making good?

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.

Narcissism is just self-confidence.

Modern football is increasingly dominated by the coaches - their narcissism to put themselves above the team and their players.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.

If you tell a narcissist that someone is less than them in any way, they feel gratified; they feel very good about that.

Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on.

I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.

Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!