Quotes About Self-importance

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.

self-righteousness flows with great solemnity

Like most of his countrymen, he was carried away by the sound of fine words, especially if uttered by himself.

Cocky nerds. My wife and I always talk about it. It's people who think they don't think ill of themselves --they actually think that there's something special about themselves but no one's noticed it... And that's what makes them interesting. They have an air of superiority as they're getting pummeled.

Vain people can't bear to be crossed. They are the center of their world, and if circumstances don't allow the world to meet their needs, then the circumstances need to be changed. Their actions appear proportionate to them because any situation where their needs aren't being met is an affront.

Los hombres nos olvidamos de que somos una mota de su aliento y tendemos a creernos que no lo necesitamos, pero otras veces le reprocharemos que no esté para ayudarnos cuando lo necesitamos.

Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex.

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.

Hollywood, after all, is the home of those whom silent star Mae Murray called the "self-enchanted." And having grown up in Hollywood, I've known a lot of self-enchanted people. Not since the pharaohs thought they were gods have so many human beings believed that they themselves (and not their publicists or destiny or some larger force) were responsible for the fact that so many other human beings worshiped them.

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

The more highly we think of ourselves, the sorrier we feel for ourselves when we do not get what we know we deserve.

Không có gì th?m h?i h?n m?t ?ám c??ng hào t?nh l? t? hoàn thu? cho mình trong ti?c buffet c?a th? tr??ng

We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.

I mean, the human race, we are a tribe, let's face it, and let's stop all this religious bullshit. I think everybody, or at least a lot of my friends, are just so exhausted with this whole self-importance of religious people. Just drop it. We're all fucking animals, so let's just make some universal tribal beat. We're pagan. Let's just march.

There are far too many people out there who take themselves too seriously.

Oh what a wanker I am the greatest wanker of 'em all!

Most of us think we're more important than we really are, Charlie. The universe isn't watching. It mostly, for the most part, doesn't care.

What a blessing to be born with such Sloaney arrogance. Perpetua could be the size of a Renault Espace and not give it a thought.

Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

She's out of order." We laughed again. "Someone needs to tell her that the Earth—that's you—revolves around the sun. That's me.

a person who is arrogant is also ignorant!