Quotes About Vanity

This vivid consciousness of not being able to be or to do but one thing at a time purifies our demands of what that thing shall be. We then feel a repugnance for that juvenile narcissism which does no matter what, precisely because it doesn't matter what, and which nevertheless believes in its vanity that it is doing something.

Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow;

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

Revel in the fulsome flattery, dear fool! It does not stop war from being a filthy trick.

Truly the angels are come among us every day. Our difficulty is so often that in our vanity and worldliness we so utterly fail to recognise them for what they are.

If someone had the ability to sit at every table at once, he would hear nothing but good about himself, and yet even such contortions would pale in comparison to those of the others.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.

In order to reach home, where you have the guidance of cosmic insight, you must first depart from your present location. You cannot remain in the noisy city of your own vanities and expect to know what to do. Cosmic knowledge and personal vanity do not mingle.

Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense.

The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.

I really don't want to be a hunk.

I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

You don't want to start writing songs about how your Twitter followers are going up, because one day Twitter won't exist, and you'll feel like an idiot.

You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything.

I like my old nose. If I could get it out the cupboard and put it on, then I would.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.

I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.