Anatole France Quotes

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.

I don't focus on anyone but myself.

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.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

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

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

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

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing; otherwise, why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it.

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people.

Washington talks about herself and almost nothing else.

People love to talk about themselves.

You can't get too caught up in yourself.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

I don't dream about anyone - except myself

After all, everyone's favorite subject is themselves.

There is definitely a pressure for funny people to be funny. People want them to perform all the time.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

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

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

If you try to talk about yourself honestly when you're an actor, you come off as stuck on yourself.

You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.