Self Aggrandizement Quotes

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.

I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.

Maniacal self-promoter …. Makes Machiavelli look like a simple, straightforward kinda guy.

Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters, even that of disinterestedness

Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long: She's interested in herself; why wouldn't we be?

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Steve Bannon puts himself above everything.

conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

My ego is sated.

You never can say too much in praise of your country and its inhabitants. Two nations in Europe are really almost ridiculous in their own exaggerated praises of themselves; these are the English and the French.

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

If you tell a narcissist that someone is less than them in any way, they feel gratified; they feel very good about that.

In essence, Trump thinks everything should be about him, for him, for his benefit and glorification - and he can't comprehend, and doesn't care about, anything that isn't.

Usually when you interview somebody for a number of hours, they'll say something that is self-aggrandizing or is a manipulation of the facts.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.

I am opposed to autobiographies, mainly because most autobiographies lie.

It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.