Quotes About Egotism

Arrogance and stupidity is a deadly combination.

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. —Jefferson Davis

An experience of awe appears to be an excellent antidote for egotism.

Two of the hallmarks of the psychotic are egotism and the need to destroy.

The natural, original distemper of Man is presumption.

He was too gorgeous for words and worst yet he knew it.

Arrogance, like anger, is often a fatal flaw.

Art of Racing in the Rain--Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism.

Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism. I

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

A hit man's character is defined above all by narcissism, that complex mix of egotism and self-hatred.

For a more than miffed Midnight, fate was for emperors, fools and soppy lovers: - fate was the self-important egotism of those doing well, the sheer unbearable arrogance of the living and loved.

humans are endlessly stupid and greedy.

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.

It is true, the Zen-man's contempt for conventional and formalistic social custom is a healthy phenomenon, but it is healthy only because it presupposes a spiritual liberty based on freedom from passion, egotism and self-delusion. A pseudo-Zen attitude which seeks to justify a complete moral collapse with a few rationalizations based on the Zen Masters is only another form of bourgeois self-deception.

You really do think you're the cat's pajamas, don't you?" I asked Raphael, annoyed with his arrogance.

I, the great and powerful D.S. will create a harem for all the women in the world!!!! For a woman, no greater joy exists in the entire universe than to fuck me, the ultimate sex symbol!!!

Somewhere in the universe there is that in which each individual has firm faith, and on which he places steady reliance. The fool who says in his heart "There is no God" really means there is no God but himself. His supreme egotism, his colossal vanity, have placed him at the center of the universe which is thereafter to be measured and dealt with in terms of his personal satisfactions.

William: You're just gonna have to take who I give you and deal Paris: Like anyone would pick you over me. William: You just wait and see. I'll have every single on of them eating out of my hand. Paris: Only if you had one of those delicious fried Twinkies. Strider rolled his eyes. Egotistical morons. Anyone with a set of eyes could see that Strider was the pretty one in their little three-some.

At least my balls are bigger than yours," she sneered, shocking me. O-kay. Not so lost anymore. "You sure about that?" Gavin sneered right back, and I couldn't be sure, but it kind of looked like he was fighting a…smile? "Take off your pants and show me." "The only way I'll ever take off my pants in your presence is to use the material to choke you to death.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

It's truly rare to find a man who enjoys the sound of his own voice as much as you do.

Yes! It must be done by showing contrasts: one word for misery, ten for egotism, cowardice, closing ranks, crime. Won't it be wonderful! But it's true that it's this very atmosphere I'm breathing. It is easy to imagine it: the obsession with food.

He was a very arrogant young man, so full of himself.