Quotes About Egotism

Conceit is God’s gift to little men.

— Bruce Barton

I am ready to meet my Maker.  Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

— Winston Churchill

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

If you think you’re a second-class citizen, you are.

— Ted Turner

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

— John Ruskin

Perhaps one should not think so much of oneself, though it is an interesting subject.

— Norman Douglas

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

— Frank Leahy

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we told it to the same persons?

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do.

— Olin Miller

Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do.

— Robert K. Mueller

An egotist is a man who thinks that if he hadn’t been born, people would have wondered why.

— Dan Post

Don’t be humble.  You’re not that great.

— Golda Meir

I never loved a person the way I loved myself.

— Mae West

People are generally better persuaded by the reason which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come to the minds of others.

— Blaise Pascal

Conceit is the finest armor a man can wear.

— Jerome K. Jerome

The meek shall inherit the earth.

— Psalms 35:17

When you’re as great as I am, it’s hard to be humble.

— Muhammad Ali (attrib.)

If only I had a little humility, I would be perfect.

— Ted Turner (attrib.)

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

— George V. Higgins

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

— Anthony Trollope

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful.  Self-love seems so often unrequited.

— Anthony Powell

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If there is such a thing as genius, which is just what—what the f*** is it?-- I am one, you know.  And if there isn’t, I don’t care.

— John Lennon

An actor’s a guy who, if you ain’t talking about him, ain’t listening.

— Marlon Brando

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

— Anatole France

I’m not a success, I’m a sensation.

— Van Cliburn

This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: “Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.”

— Benito Mussolini

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt, on General Douglas MacArthur

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure—that of being Salvador Dali.

— Salvador Dali