18 Self-Absorbed Quotes for You to Enjoy

An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them. Pope Francis

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. Kanye West

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I'm always made a little uncomfortable by studies that assert that Millennials are the most narcissistic generation in history. To me, being young has always meant being self-absorbed; in many ways, that's what youth is for. Robin Marantz Henig

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Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you. Chris Evert

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I worry sometimes that I'm a bit moralistic; always writing about men who are learning to grow up, not be so self-absorbed, selfish or badly behaved. I wonder if that's dull and liberal and wimpy? I should probably write something that celebrates wickedness. David Nicholls

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Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success. Louise Penny

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Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power. Nicholas Kristof

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Usually, I'm so self-absorbed that my companion could be bleeding to death, and I might not notice. Pamela Druckerman

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I try not to get too self-absorbed. Paolo Nutini

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I think young adults get a bad rap for being self-absorbed and self-centered. My experience going around the United States and speaking in schools is that teenagers here are very interested in the fate of their peers around the world. Patricia McCormick

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Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long: She's interested in herself; why wouldn't we be? Robert Gottlieb

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The primary occupational hazard of blogging is this: it's easier when you yourself take on some of the traits of insanity. It's a job that requires the doer to be selfish, self-absorbed, and superficial. Ryan Holiday

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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do. P. J. O'Rourke

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I don't have an ego that makes me believe the world revolves around me. I am not self-absorbed. Rush Limbaugh

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