D. B. Weiss Quotes

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

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

I am self-centred. I just adore myself.

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

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

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.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

You can't get too caught up in yourself.

Probably because the first two albums were so successful, we got a little bit smug.

I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

A professional is one who believes he has invented breathing.

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.