W. H. Auden Quotes

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

I don't think stardom will ever go to my head.

I'm not into fame and ego.

When stardom gets on your head, you don't even realise.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

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

You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

It all goes completely to your head.

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

I think that some people get wrapped up in their own egos. They need to see certain album sales and certain monuments.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

As a band gets more successful, there's a danger of falling in love with your own shadow.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.