T. S. Eliot Quotes

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!

It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?