Sydney J. Harris Quotes

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

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

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

I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.

I have been vain since birth.

But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth.

I'm Richie Rich. I land in New York, secretly thinking I'm like the coolest guy in the world.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

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

I'm vain.

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

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.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

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

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

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

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.