Macaulay Culkin Quotes

People tend to take themselves too seriously.

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

I think; therefore, I am the center of the universe.

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.

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.

National glory is a deceiving seducer. When it reaches a certain height, it clasps the head with an iron band. The enclosed sees nothing in the mist but his own picture; he is susceptible to no foreign impressions.

The only one that matters is me. I am the only one that matters.

The smallest wound or pain of the ego is examined under a microscope as if it were of eternal importance. The artist considers his isolation, his subjectivity, his individualism almost holy.

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

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

The vain being is the really solitary being.

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.

Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

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.

The whole world is out of step, apart from me.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless.

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

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

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

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

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