Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

I've got a big ego, I admit it; I'm ego-driven.

All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.

I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

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.

I've been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.

Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego.

Narcissism is just self-confidence.

I think the concept of ego has kind of taken over for a lot of people in our industry.

I believe that 'ego' is much overused term.

I have Kanye's ego to some extent.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

If you allow fame to get the better of you, you become nuisance, a public nuisance, a nuisance as a friend, as a member of the family, a nuisance to yourself.

You may be modest and un-egotistical in your life; I'm quite ordinary. But I play big egotistical parts.