Curtis Jackson Quotes

Entitlement is lethal.

I can't really act entitled.

When you're the strong one, people don't give you permission to hurt.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it.

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

Hollywood is like living in a weird bubble. A bunch of people take care of you and get you stuff, and you're the center of that little microcosmic world. You start believing that it is real and... you deserve it.

Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

I'm used to the egos in the 1960s, '70s and '80s where people just expected massive success and thought it was their birth right to be successful.

Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.

When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.

Every time you feel entitled, you're making a mistake.

I found myself trying to be all things to all people. I felt a tremendous sense of responsibility and the pressure of expectation.

I do not know Rep. Weiner. But I do know he seems to have the features of a narcissist. Narcissists feel empty. Narcissists feel invincible. But their emotional landscape is barren.

I firmly believe that to whom much is given, much is expected.

A lot of people in Hollywood are on that ego trip. They think they're more than somebody else. I've told a lot of stars in my career, 'Hey, man you're looking down on the people who made you. lf you keep doing that, you're gonna fall back down.'

Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.

After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

Some people don't feel like they need to give anything back because it's like, "Oh, if you're famous, you can just keep giving, and it doesn't matter." It's not just about money. It's not just about giving people gifts or whatever.

I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.

The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.

Promise is the capacity for letting people down.

Narcissism, like the other personality disorders, is a condition that's known as ego-syntonic. In other words, the paranoid person really does believe that people are after him, and the narcissist really does believe that he or she is better than or more entitled than other people, and truly doesn't see why that's not the case.