Anderson Cooper Quotes

Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth.

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.

I've been a golden boy for too long.

Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.

Entitlement is lethal.

A couple of people I knew went to university apart from me, but all the way through I was the smartest kid in the school. That's luck, but I was proud of it. And I was also proud of doing well without trying. As you get older, and it took me a long time to realise it, that's a disgusting attitude, revolting.

I can't really act entitled.

It is easy to see how after receiving this adoration for a term or two most members become convinced they are indispensable.

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.

People who are given whatever they want soon develop a sense of entitlement and rapidly lose their sense of proportion.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

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

If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.

We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.

I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

I don't want to go around like some kind of bleeding giant or whatever, or thinking I'm a big deal, because it doesn't help you do your work. I think people like Hemingway got into an awful lot of trouble that way.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

Some athletes take what we have for granted. They kind of feel, 'I'm here, and I earned this, so people who are not on this level should just give me what I want and move out the way.'