Mark Kurlansky Quotes

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

We have all had the experience at some point in our lives of sitting across from someone whose favorite subject is themselves. This is true of nearly everyone to some respect - but for some people, it is a particularly acute problem.

Egocentric: A person who has his I's too close together.

People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.

me-firstism

In general, I can't stand people who always turn a conversation into something about them. I can't stand it when people are too into themselves.

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

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep of hell. Selfishness is doomed to frustration centered as it is upon a lie. To live exclusively for myself, I must make all things bend themselves to my will as if I were a god.

I’m conceited, I got a reason

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.

And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

The only one that matters is me. I am the only one that matters.

I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.

It's all about me, no matter who I'm fighting.

I believe that 'ego' is much overused term.

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.

Boris Johnson has only ever cared about Boris Johnson.

I'm much too egotistical to move outside the acting realm.

Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering what they're doing with their ego?

For Trump, it's always about Trump and only Trump.

The world of the egotist is, inevitably, a narrow world, and the boundaries of self are limited to the close horizon of personality.... But, within this horizon, there is room for many attributes that are excellent.