Miguel Quotes

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

I don't like to show my weaknesses.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.

Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.

I'm no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me.

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.

[Referring to George W. Bush] Anybody who has to spend all his time demonstrating his manhood has somehow got to know he ain't got it.

Let's be honest: I call myself a titan. I've got issues.

The male ego is a terrifying, terrifying thing, you know? If it's shattered, it becomes even more dangerous.

The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions.

I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.

This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah! Of course I am.' They're both varying degrees of a self-defence mechanism. It can be from minute to minute that I change.

With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever.

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

I had that thing of wanting to prove I was a tough kid.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.