George S. Patton Quotes

World leaders and major political figures have often had delusions of grandeur.

Steve Bannon puts himself above everything.

It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

You've got to have an ego as big as Mars to want to think that you, of all people, are better than anyone else to be president of the United States. People that vain, they want their place in history, and they want to be able to control how much they'll be worshipped by future generations.

Everybody in Washington works for me.

Donald Trump is a man who likes to think he has few equals.

I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works in that kind of job has to be so full of himself to do that kind of thing.

I ask people what piece they are on the chessboard. And some people say 'I'm the king' or 'I'm the knight.' And then they ask me what piece I am, and I say, 'I'm no piece. I take the position of God.'

The commander ought to lead every important movement.

I tell people what to do, and so what? I am more qualified than the other board members, so my advice means more.

The largest group of prima donnas ever assembled in one place

In peace, as there is more time to spare, the leaders are expected to persuade the rank and file, instead of commanding them.

I lead my party. He [John Major] follows his.

Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

Barton Fink is just too self-important as an artist to get much sympathy.

It was easy for me to play someone with a massive ego. It's actually really fun to have the freedom to be that person.

Of course there are other prima donnas around. So many of my colleagues, younger ones, are wonderful.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.

I thought I was a god. I was more important than you, because I could do this thing where I played a silly sport that made me a better human being, in my eyes.

It is a form of arrogance to assume that other people are even thinking about you.

We used to be such prima donnas.

I have Kanye's ego to some extent.

Boris Johnson has only ever cared about Boris Johnson.