Delusions Of Grandeur Quotes

• Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.

  Jane Wagner

  Funny, Illusions Of Grandeur, Feels

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• I want to run for the Senate from Tennessee. Not now, but when I'm 50, when music dies down a little bit. I know lots of artists and actors have those delusions of grandeur, but ever since I was a kid, it's been of interest to me.

  Tim McGraw

  Running, Kids, Artist

  "The Clinton Of Country". Interview with Josh Tyrangiel, content.time.com. September 13, 2004.

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• The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

  William Sanderson

  Sports, Jobs, Hobbies

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• Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

  Raymond Chandler

  Integrity, Men, Hollywood

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.120, Univ of California Press

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• Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.

  Richard Dawkins

  Believe, Sleep, Thinking

  YouTube Channel "RodiAgnusDei"/"Richard Dawkins debates Rowan Williams", www.youtube.com. February 05, 2013.

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• One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

  Thomas Reed

  Libertarian Party, Evil, Liberty

  "Will It Be As Always?" by Henryk A. Kowalczyk, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2015.

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• No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Inspirational, Happiness, Reality

  "Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (Volume I)". Book by Christian Nestell Bovee, 1862.

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• Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

  Adrienne Rich

  Fake People, Memories, Real

  Adrienne Rich (1976). “Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution”

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• Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Teacher

  Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson (1996). “The Road Ahead”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Chemicals, Collections

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1087, Penguin

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• It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions of grandeur , and obsessive masturbation, to name just a few.

  Sam Savage

  Character, Names, Giving

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• May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.

  Ralph Thomas Walker

  Book, Humble, Illusions Of Grandeur

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• Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

  Eugene Ionesco

  Illusions Of Grandeur, People, Triviality

  Eugene Ionesco, Charles Marowitz (2015). “Exit the King, The Killer, Macbett”, p.15, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he'd be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies - delusions of grandeur - medicate heavily.

  Rick Mercer

  Men, Thinking, Years

  "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Comedy, (1992– ).

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• I'm trying to consciously evolve myself. I have no delusions of grandeur.

  El-P

  Trying, Evolve, Delusion

  Interview with Sam Chennault, pitchfork.com. August 1, 2002.

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• I don't have any delusions of grandeur. I just want to make music that doesn't make me bored.

  El-P

  Bored, Want, Delusion

  Interview with Sam Chennault, pitchfork.com. August 1, 2002.

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• There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight From the disease of conceit Whole lot of people seeing double tonight From the disease of conceit Give ya delusions of grandeur And a evil eye Give you the idea that You're too good to die Then they bury you from your head to your feet From the disease of conceit

  Bob Dylan

  Eye, Ideas, Feet

  Bob Dylan (2013). “Lyrics:1962-2012”, p.535, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not a comedian. I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and has known what I want to do.

  Chris Diamantopoulos

  Careers, Comedian, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I know when I'm bad, I know when I'm good, and I know when I'm everything in between. I don't have any delusions of grandeur or delusions of failure. In terms of my work, I've got a pretty cold honest eye.

  Bebe Neuwirth

  Eye, Honest, Cold

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur.

  Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  Artist, Genius, Done

  "Jean Renoir: Raymond Durgnat". Book by Raymond Durgnat, p.370, 1974.

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• Since it was there, Larkin got another bowl, spooned up stew for himself. “He fights with us. We’re an army.” “An army? Talk about delusions of grandeur. What are you?” she asked Glenna. “Witch.” “So, we’ve got a witch, a sorcerer, a couple of refugees from Geall and a vampire. Some army.

  Nora Roberts

  Couple, Army, Fighting

  Nora Roberts (2006). “Morrigan's Cross”, p.253, Penguin

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