Jason Patric Quotes

Every one praises his own saint.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

I don't want to write a hagiography on myself. To me, that is just a waste.

A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.

Egotism is more like an offense, than a crime; though it is allowable to speak of yourself, provided nothing is advanced in favor; but I cannot help suspecting that those who abuse themselves are, in reality, angling for approbation.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

My hunch is that people often affiliate with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes. Sometimes, it may be as simple as trying to impress their online friends, and once you have fashioned that identity, there is very little reason to actually do anything else.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Posting a brag, humble or otherwise, and then waiting for people to respond is the equivalent of having a conversation in which all you do is wait for your turn to speak.

I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. It's just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.

I like approbation. Any actor who tells you they don't is lying.

Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing me, I find it very crass to be self-promoter in a way.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

I do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did.