Narcissistic Quotes

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

  Todd Solondz

  Self, Bridges, Hype

  "Sanity and Solitude: Cogent Ramblings of a Lone Aesthetic". Book by Bob Spencer, p. 81, 2012.

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• The narcissist devours people, consumes their output, and casts the empty, writhing shells aside.

  Sam Vaknin

  People, Shells, Narcissism

  Sam Vaknin (2005). “Diary of a Narcissist”, p.90, Narcissus Publishing

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• It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Smart, Personality, Arrogance

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• The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

  Matt Chandler

  World, Miserable, This World

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• The thing about narcissistic people is that they don't think they're being narcissistic.

  Michael Ian Black

  Thinking, People

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing in this industry, I was like, 'Really, one more?' So I was against it at first. But I really love the idea of the direct connection - there's no middle man muddling it up.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Fun, Men, Ideas

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• Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Hurt, Meditation, Way

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.61, Random House

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• I don't care what you think unless it is about me...

  Kurt Cobain

  Thinking, Care, Narcissism

  "Song: Drain You (Nevermind)". September 24, 1991.

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• I know," he said in almost bored contemplation. "My manners suck. I like to chalk it up to a dissatisfying childhood." "I'd chalk it up to that narcissistic personality disorder laces with a smidgen of schizophrenia. Your mother would be proud.

  Darynda Jones

  Mother, Bored, Personality

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• I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.

  Ryan Kwanten

  Real, Mean, Pride

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• Loving yourself...does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion

  Margot Anand

  Love Yourself, Mean, Heart

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• If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Life, Attachment

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.51, Open Road Media

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• Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, Mean, People

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot”, p.176, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I don't think Trump is a deeply self-aware person. But he's absolutely off the charts as a narcissist. He is the consummate narcissistic salesman. He is in fact a sick man. And that's potentially very dangerous. The only positive thing about Trump is that he has no ideology, he is an empty vessel, surrounded by people who give him ideas, and it only matters which ideas will shine the light on Trump.

  John Dean

  Men, Thinking, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Thinking, Self, Encounters

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1965). “Who is Man?”, p.81, Stanford University Press

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• A compassionate attitude opens our inner door, and as a result it is much easier to communicate with others. If there is too much self-centered attitude, then fear, doubt and suspicion come and as a result our inner door closes. Then it is very difficult to communicate with others.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Doors, Self

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• Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser - having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a real positive in life!

  Donald Trump

  Real, Healthy, Ego

  FaceBook post by Donald J. Trump from Dec 09, 2013

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

  Rod Serling

  Caring, Drawing, Feelings

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• There are some honorable politicians; and God bless them, there aren't many of them - but they're narcissistic. They need people to love them.

  Ann Coulter

  People, Needs, Politician

  "Ann Coulter Chimes In on Obama's Response to Iran and Gov. Sanford". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2009.

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• At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Self, Servant Of God

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• Citizens of liberal welfare states become increasingly narcissistic

  Dennis Prager

  Citizens, Welfare, States

  Dennis Prager (2012). “Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph”, p.41, Harper Collins

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• 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?'

  Susan Sullivan

  Mother, Children, Joy

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

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• You can use the internet in a way that's actually really great. It doesn't have to be about how amazing you are, or "Come watch my show!," or "Look what I'm wearing today." It doesn't have to be narcissistic.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  Watches, Looks, Use

  Source: collider.com

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• Trump is a narcissistic sociopath; he's doing exactly what he said he would do.

  Reza Aslan

  Sociopath, Trump, Said

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• People are very narcissistic. It's not all their fault. We live in a society where there is a magazine for you, a channel for you, a perfume for you.

  Bill Maher

  People, Magazines, Faults

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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