#narcissist

I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not maliciousness towards me. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#grudge #hold-a-grudge #life #narcissistic #experience

I've always been a narcissist. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#been #i #narcissist

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#charming #differs #fact #feared #great

Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#animal #brains #egotistical #narcissistic #our

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time. ↗

— Andrew Sarris

#compassion #i #long #long time #lot

Love without sacrifice is like theft ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#love #manipulation #marriage #marriage-advice #narcissism

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#liars #manipulation #men-and-women #narcissism #narcissists

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#aging #allows #being #case #children

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#certainly #going #greed #hear #i

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#condition #human #human condition #hunger #me