Louis Kronenberger Quotes

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

One may be humble out of pride.

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

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.

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

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

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

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.

Very thinly-veiled self glorification.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

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

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.