Roseanne Barr Quotes

Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

I've been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.

Steve Bannon puts himself above everything.

Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

I doubt there's anything you could say to Donald Rumsfeld that would puncture the armor of his narcissism.

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

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.

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

We used to be such prima donnas.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

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

I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.