Dylan Moran Quotes

Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!

I'm a show-off basically... always have been.

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

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Why not show off if you've got something to show?

I don't like showboating. I was never a fan of showing off.

Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.

What fun is life without a bit of showing off?

It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

Sometimes showing off produces results.

Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest and acquaintance.

Egotism is more like an offense, than a crime; though it is allowable to speak of yourself, provided nothing is advanced in favor; but I cannot help suspecting that those who abuse themselves are, in reality, angling for approbation.

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

Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington.

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

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

I think I might actually die of showing off. It'll be on my headstone - 'Cause of Death: Showing Off.'

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

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

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