Quotes About Self-importance

The quest to be right is about sekf-importance: we need to be right in order to accept ourselves; this is a condition we place on our sekf-acceotance and our acceptance of others. The quest for truth, on the other hand, is the desire to discover--regardless of whether our beliefs are supported in the process.

Part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich.

Every human being wakes up each morning and sees the world through the lens of a protagonist. The world revolves around us, regardless of how altruistic, generous, and selfless a person we may be. Each day is, quite literally, about how we encounter our world. Potential customers feel the same way about themselves. They are the center of their world.

Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich." (Trump, Donald, R-N.Y., billionaire real estate mogul; reality show hot air buffoon; ABC News with Ashleigh Banfield; 3/17/2011.)

they were talking about themselves, and they seemed to take for granted that everything they said mattered. They were artists. I had heard of people in this position. I had never seen an example in the place where I came from. I noticed that mostly they were men. It seemed to be a position that allowed for irresponsibility, so perhaps it was much better suited to men.

Vanity is the Death of Comedy.

It's too easy to believe in our own importance when we're surrounded by our own creations all day.

But most of all, I'd like to thank me. Without me, none of this would have been possible. I really did a bang-up job on this book, and I deserve all the credit. I hereby revoke all the gratitude I expressed above and keep it for myself.

Humo de hidalguía, la cabeza vana y la bolsa vacía».

Galbraith's First Law: Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. BERTRAND RUSSELL

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

Some people need to get over themselves and stop being jealous.

Do you imagine that the poisonous spittle of five hundred little men of your sort, hoisted on to each other's shoulders, could even drool down on to the tips of my august toes?

Three-quarters of the expenditure of wit and the lies told out of vanity that have been squandered since the world began by people who in doing so merely diminish themselves have been squandered on inferiors.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

In Lucas's opinion, a good part of the Congress seemed to suffer from the same psychological defects that afflicted Taryn Grant—or that Taryn Grant enjoyed, depending on your point of view. Their bloated self-importance, their disregard of anything but their own goals, their preoccupation with power . . .

I've met a lot of people in the diplomatic corps who were in love with the sound of their own voice, but this guy. He and his voice should just get a room.

Imagine if every species named itself after its greatest flaw. We could name our species arrogance.

Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.

Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

La capacidad de observar – ni siquiera de analizar – está muy mermada hoy en día, cuando todos quieren ser protagonistas.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America and I find no intellect comparable to my own.