Guy Debord Quotes

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

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

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

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

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.

His fundamental interest throughout his life was himself.

I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.

You can't get too caught up in yourself.

The assumption that you everyone else is like you. That you are the world. The disease of consumer capitalism. The complacent solipsism.

Every ignoramus imagines that all that exists, exists with a view to his individual sake; it is as if there were nothing that exists except him. And if something happens to him that is contrary to what he wishes, he makes the trenchant judgement that all that exists is an evil.

People get really caught up in their own trips.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

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

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

Some people have a blog that's, like, 'Today I brushed my teeth.' Well, who cares? Who cares that you brushed your teeth. Okay - you brushed your teeth! That's so massively egocentric, it's just ridiculous.

Much like anyone with too much time on his or her hands, I feel as though I am the most important person on earth and everything I do is relevant. I say the most charming and inspired things when no one is around.

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

I have such an ego 'cause I'm a double Leo. I can't let go of me, you know, so it's very difficult for me to be somebody else and not me. I'm so into me.

Actors are inherently self-centered.

As a teenager, you are still entirely wrapped up in yourself.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

We all get self-centered.

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.