Quotes about Narcissism

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. Votes: 6

Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless. Votes: 6

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. Votes: 4

All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism. Votes: 4

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism. Votes: 4

Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen. Votes: 4

Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among clergy and laity alike. Votes: 4

Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the connection an historical fact, they would not stand connected as art, for no one experiences raw history. Votes: 4

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer. Votes: 4

Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave. Votes: 4

Narcissism is, indeed, the new world order. Votes: 3

Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people. Votes: 3

I don't care what you think unless it is about me. Votes: 3

Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person. Votes: 3

Then they both smiled the exact same smile. Narcissism times two. Oh, get a room already. Votes: 3

Narcissism really spreads its wings and soars on twitter. It's like watching a dragon hatch and learn to fly. Votes: 3

If you're a nobody, just imagine a lot of celebrities are in love with you. Narcissism is the best cure for attention deficit disorder. Votes: 3

Individualism? Narcissism? Of course. It is my strongest tendency, the only intentional constancy [fidelity] I am capable of.... Besides, I am lying; I scatter myself too much for that. Votes: 3

There's Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there's Feminism and Hedonism, and there's Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism is the system that means the most to me. Votes: 3

When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose. Votes: 3

Narcissism: It's Primal. No Productive Control of Energy: Seeks constant fresh sources of stimulation and is highly energized running from human-object to human-object, activity to activity, but does not accomplish anything and never evolves or learns from activities and the many people recycled through. Votes: 3

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave. Votes: 2

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love. Votes: 2

Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love. Votes: 2

No one has probably helped me more with my narcissism than my dog. Votes: 2

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. Votes: 2

I doubt there's anything you could say to Donald Rumsfeld that would puncture the armor of his narcissism. Votes: 2

I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it... It is unrequited self-love. Votes: 2

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. Votes: 2

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice. Votes: 2

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. Votes: 2

I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance. Votes: 2

L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card. Votes: 2

I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love. Votes: 2

It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing. Votes: 2

If we weren't born with anti-social passions - narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious - why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior? Votes: 2

We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left him still in a state of marked narcissism with all its pathological symptoms. Votes: 2

Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood - all those things feel really true to me. Votes: 2

When you are 18, 19, 20, you're used to being photographed all the time, in a certain way. So, the narcissism becomes almost out of control. And the way that young women are photographed, they become addicted to this feedback of the image. Votes: 2

Politicians generally act as if there is no cost to reconnecting with voters by building new New Deals. But the whole exercise of writing law out of New Deal nostalgia is a form of national narcissism. Call it New Deal narcissism. Votes: 2

Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself - the latter in God. Votes: 2

Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine. Votes: 2

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. Votes: 2

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism. Votes: 2

There's a reason narcissists don't learn from mistakes and that's because they never get past the first step which is admitting that they made one. It's always an assistant's fault, an adviser's fault, a lawyer's fault. Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they'll say, 'what mistake? Votes: 2

I went from being a senator, a young senator, to being considered for vice president, running for president, being a vice presidential candidate, and becoming a national public figure. All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want. Votes: 2

I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none. When asked what I made of blogs like my own, blogs written by parents about their children, I said, 'A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering.' Votes: 2

An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead. Votes: 2

Nothing provides the antidote to narcissism, or the environment for the healthy raising of children, or the way for people to take care of one another, as does the marriage of a man and a woman. And while most divorces are terribly sad, divorce itself no more undermines the institution of marriage than car crashes undermine the institution of driving. Votes: 2

Writing down your thoughts is both necessary and harmful. It leads to eccentricity, narcissism, preserves what should be let go. On the other hand, these notes intensify the inner life, which, left unexpressed, slips through your fingers. If only I could find a better kind of journal, humbler, one that would preserve the same thoughts, the same flesh of life, which is worth saving. Votes: 2

The only crime is pride. Votes: 1

Love without sacrifice is like theft Votes: 1

Criticism is the fountainhead of control. Votes: 1

I'm too ugly to be a narcissist. Votes: 1

My main concern is with the world order Votes: 1

The high road is littered with pot shots. Votes: 1

Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre Votes: 1

Social Media is a shared delusion of grandeur. Votes: 1

We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves. Votes: 1

I was trapped in an awful spiral of insecure narcissism Votes: 1

This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism. Votes: 1

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone Votes: 1

For the most part people are not curious except about themselves. Votes: 1

Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning. Votes: 1

One should love oneself enough not to love oneself too much. Votes: 1

When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players? Votes: 1

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company. Votes: 1

I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close. Votes: 1

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple. Votes: 1

I pity the man who praises God only when things go his way. Votes: 1

To be an end in myself is to bring an end to myself. Votes: 1

He's satisfied with himself. If you have a soul you can't be satisfied. Votes: 1

The most capricious modern entitlement is not just Social Security but to self-esteem. Votes: 1

Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed. Votes: 1

Ingratitude' is the name which avatars of Narcissus give to the success of others. Votes: 1

If pride really went before a fall, then, Lucifer is the inventor of pride. Votes: 1

The greater our own level of narcissism, the more we detest it in others. Votes: 1

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears Votes: 1

To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism Votes: 1

But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern Votes: 1

The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience. Votes: 1

How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego. Votes: 1

The 'Selfie Stick' has to top the list for what best defines narcissism in society today. Votes: 1

Narcissistic love is riding on the rollecoaster of disaster filled with a heart full of tears. Votes: 1

The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death Votes: 1

English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy). Votes: 1

Out of all the addictions in the world, Attention is slowly but surely becoming one of the most dangerous. Votes: 1

The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead. Votes: 1

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing Votes: 1

Imagining that you are deep and complex, but others are simple, is one of the primary signs of malignant selfishness. Votes: 1

Hate is the complement of fear and narcissists like being feared. It imbues them with an intoxicating sensation of omnipotence. Votes: 1

One can perceive me only with his limited vision. A droplet can't perceive the extent of the ocean. ~ Aarush Kashyap Votes: 1

Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me? Votes: 1

We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in. Votes: 1

Among all these stupid pretty women she had such a sense of power, of knowing almost everything better than they did. Votes: 1

Relationships with narcissists are held in place by hopeof a someday better,with little evidence to support it will ever arrive. Votes: 1

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles. Votes: 1

Hypocrissist: A narcissist who has their head so far up their ass they can't hear the hypocrisy coming out of their mouth. Votes: 1

The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic. Votes: 1

There was nothing more unattractive than narcissism, she thought: nothing could transform beauty into a cloying, unattractive quality than that self-conscious appreciation of self. Votes: 1

Reality. It is sometimes brought through foreign eyes; because if you do not know any better, you cannot see the worse (and vice versa). Votes: 1

Even though friends say they are interested in your life, they never really want to talk about you as much as you want them to. (68) Votes: 1

I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction? Votes: 1

I wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool. He probably did. Votes: 1

If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role model you need. Votes: 1

Kill me if I ever look that Bad Dude, what are you saying? On the TV? That is you, dude. From like five years ago. Votes: 1

Arrogance is an illusion of superiority one perpetrates upon their self. Some may ultimately find their way through the illusion, but only after many losses. Votes: 1

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.[Modernism's Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)] Votes: 1

The 2 extremes, neither one worse than the other: the result of bad religion is self-loathing and violence; the result of bad spirituality is self-worship and narcissism. Votes: 1

I think writers are the most narcissistic people. Well, I musn't say this, I like many of them, a great many of my friends are writers. Votes: 1

Cuando quiero intensamente a una persona, no digo nunca su nombre a nadie. Es como ceder una parte de ella. He aprendido a amar en secreto. Votes: 1

(I think this will be the title of my new book)I Learned Everything I Needed to Know About Narcissistic Personality Disorder on My Last Date Votes: 1

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow. Votes: 1

Pride is born as a mountaintop on a valley, but dies as an abyss in which it is too deep and too dark to see the better. Votes: 1

The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague, a devastation, an inescapable verdict. Votes: 1

My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection. Votes: 1

Having invented himself, the narcissist sees no problem in recasting that which he had designed in the first place. The narcissist is his own repeated Creator - hence his grandiosity. Votes: 1

A sociopath is one who sees others as impersonal objects to be manipulated to fulfill their own narcissistic needs without any regard for the hurtful consequences of their selfish actions. Votes: 1

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself. Votes: 1

When sex and money are fused in the service of exploitation, the two create an even more destructive form of rage of a type often exhibited in narcissistic and potentially psychopathic populations. Votes: 1

When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realization turns into self-absorption, other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires. Votes: 1

Some people's theologies come across as blatantly wrong when weighed against what is revealed in Scripture. However God has mercy on those who may be wrong but genuinely seek understanding before seeking themselves. Votes: 1

Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men - to dish it out without being able to take it - the blind leading the blind into more blindness. Votes: 1

Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone's parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone's child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend. Votes: 1

There's nothing more narcissistic than being sure that you are built in the image of an all-powerful Creator-God, and that same God answers your prayers, knows your name, and has a personal relationship with you. Votes: 1

But both the narcissist and his partner do not really consider each other. Trapped in the moves of an all-consuming dance macabre, they follow the motions morbidly - semiconscious, desensitized, exhausted, and concerned only with survival. Votes: 1

The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from the critic because when you're self-centered, self-projection is all you can imagine one can do. Votes: 1

Someone experiencing the stages of grief is rarely aware of how his behavior might appear to others. Grief often produces a zoom lens effect,in which the focus is entirely on oneself, to the exclusion of external considerations. Votes: 1

Cognitive insight (knowing something) is not like emotional insight (feeling something). It has no psychodynamic effects. It does not affect the narcissist's behavior patterns, or his interpersonal interactions - the products of well entrenched and rigid defense mechanisms. Votes: 1

Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission is to distract, detract and extract, and make you live in abject poverty. Votes: 1

He was happy enough to stay in this jumbled, lively place where the drinks were cheap and the band was loud and he could feel the inner peace that comes from knowing that all your clothes are new and perfectly fitted. Votes: 1

All we need to release our inner God is a pulpit and an audience, both of which the Internet supplies in great abundance. Too bad that the corollaly to being in God mode in cyberspace is an explosion of narcissism and self-centeredness. Votes: 1

Only a demon would prevent a person from saving lives or fulfilling their life mission. There is no reasoning with the devil. Stand with pride because your heart is filled with the goodness of helping others, while theirs is filled with helping themselves. Votes: 1

Hopefully, when your actions and deeds - and therefore other people - boast for you, you're made tired of hearing it, too, from your own mouth because if not, all could lose sight of those actions and deeds behind the gong of your boasting. Votes: 1

I had never thought much of genealogy. A lot of wasted time collecting the names of the dead. Then stringing those names, like skulls upon a wire, into an entirely private and thus irrelevant narrative, lacking any historical significance. The narcissistic pastime of nostalgic bores. Votes: 1

You don't know how shallow you are, or how narcissistic, until you find yourself in danger of acquiring a facial scar.On the plus side, it's so situated as potentially to make me look tough and worldly. On the downside, I'm never kissing my dog again. Votes: 1

He had made a fairly unambiguous pass at her, as she was getting out of the cab. But event that had come to nothing. Sheba said that she had sensed something resentful about him, as if he begrudged her for having the power to attract him. Votes: 1

There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?' Votes: 1

What I'm primarily saying,' he says, 'is that this is a time for knowledge assimilation, not backstabbing. We learned a lesson, you and I. We personally grew. Gratitude for this growth is an appropriate response. Gratitude, and being careful never to make the same mistake twice. Votes: 1

Increasingly, we are emptying the connection,respect, and empathy out of one of the most important and healthy of human experiences and turning it into branding, showmanship, and posturing. In the midst of this epidemic and cultural shift into narcissism, relationships have taken the hardest hit of all. Votes: 1

Narcissistic personality disorder is named for Narcissus, from Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection. Freud used the term to describe persons who were self-absorbed, and psychoanalysts have focused on the narcissist's need to bolster his or her self-esteem through grandiose fantasy, exaggerated ambition, exhibitionism, and feelings of entitlement. Votes: 1

In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her. Votes: 1

I am in love with you', I responded.He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh.'Of course you are,' he replied. 'I understand perfectly because I'm in love with myself. The fact that I'm not transfixed in front of the nearest mirror takes a great deal of self-control.'It was my turn to laugh. Votes: 1

A narcissism shared by two. Votes: 0

Leftism and narcissism are almost synonymous Votes: 0

The '60s redefined narcissism as idealism. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer. Votes: 0

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America. Votes: 0

Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism. Votes: 0

Writing a memoir has a particularly excited sense of narcissism. Votes: 0

My vanity and narcissism will never let me go too far. Votes: 0

Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism. Votes: 0

You give up your narcissism, your egotism. That's how you achieve chemistry. Votes: 0

People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism. Votes: 0

I didn't know what narcissism was until I beheld my own naricssus. Votes: 0

No game designer ever went wrong by overestimating the narcissism of their players, Votes: 0

There's a kind of journalistic narcissism that New York-based journalists are guilty of. Votes: 0

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue. Votes: 0

I imagine there's a level of narcissism that goes into thinking you're enough. Votes: 0

I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism. Votes: 0

It is a form of generational narcissism to change texts to suit one's own needs. Votes: 0

Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars. Votes: 0

Secularism breeds narcissism. There is nothing higher to live for, so you live for you Votes: 0

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion. Votes: 0

It would be pathological narcissism to assume that that person had to live how I live. Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump's narcissism seems to be reflected in his need to be liked and treated positively. Votes: 0

... I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two ... Votes: 0

The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal. Votes: 0

maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman. Votes: 0

I'm battling with keeping my narcissism at bay as it is, so Twitter was not a good thing for that. Votes: 0

Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears. Votes: 0

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism. Votes: 0

I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent. Votes: 0

Because that's what narcissism is all about; looking in the mirror everyday and thinking 'Damn, I'd like to shag myself.' Votes: 0

So our narcissism has bared forth an unflattering nakedness that shames our species. But this is humanity. This is our condition. Votes: 0

What's so wrong with vanity? It's different from narcissism, you know? It's not about admiring yourself-it's about taking pride in your appearance. Votes: 0

The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body. Votes: 0

The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor. Votes: 0

The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to break. Votes: 0

I'm not a fan of the selfie. I think it's at the heart of the narcissism that social media brings into our lives. Votes: 0

Nationalism is form of collective narcissism, where the citizens possess an inflated self-love of "their own people," to the exclusion of other human beings. Votes: 0

If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression of narcissism, the last gesture of self-congratulation. Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump's behavior during the presidential campaign was often erratic, seemingly based on discernable personality traits, including narcissism, arrogance, impulsiveness, and a lack of predictability. Votes: 0

Really life is about narcissism; no one is ever thinking about you much. You always think people are thinking about you way more than they are. Votes: 0

It is in an artist's real interest to congratulate herself more often: not out of narcissism, but in her role as her own dear friend and advocate. Votes: 0

I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism. Votes: 0

The clarity of gender makes possible the human dialectic. Let the lines of balanced tension go slack and the structure dissolves into the ooze of androgyny and narcissism. Votes: 0

Vanity and narcissism "” the compulsive need to be admired and praised "” undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own. Votes: 0

Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and narcissism. Those are old schools too. Votes: 0

There's something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility, like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends. Votes: 0

As for Twitter, I've found that you have to learn how to make it add value rather than subtract hours from one's day. Certainly, it affords narcissism and distraction. Votes: 0

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? Votes: 0

I just love being on stage and I love making music, and as far as - it's great for narcissism, because you have all those people screaming out your name. Votes: 0

I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body. Votes: 0

Woman cannot be free until man's mind is liberated from the megalomania! His self-exaltation is the mother of the gender inequalities. Till we eliminate his exacerbated narcissism, woman will remain unfree! Votes: 0

We're making far too big a deal out of our sexual preferences. It's just another form of narcissism, and I think it can be a big problem and a tremendous obstacle. Votes: 0

When I'm in touch with the idea that there is a higher power and that there is, you know, other factors at work, it - it kind of quells my narcissism. Votes: 0

To listen only to records is a sin of narcissism. It is important to hear live music, in concert, which is a source of emotions that a record can never convey. Votes: 0

As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident. Votes: 0

The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sentence. Votes: 0

It's entirely possible to function as a free-thinking individual without succumbing to narcissism. This can be tricky at times, I suppose, but then so can the tango - particularly if you're dancing alone. Votes: 0

Reality television, which turned its eye on people who were doing nothing but being themselves, was the perfect expression of this trend [of narcissism]. Let's look at ourselves, it said. Aren't we fascinating? Votes: 0

One of the things that's complicated about writing anything is that it's an act of narcissism, and then of course once it sails out into the world, you have to let go of it. Votes: 0

Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we were the first people in history to ever get it exactly right. Votes: 0

I need theatre for my equilibrium, because in theatre the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity - you are more independent. There is not the narcissism, maybe, that you find in cinema. Votes: 0

I ended my Twitter account a week after I got on the show. I felt like, "This is not a good tool for me to keep my narcissism at bay," so I cut it off. Votes: 0