As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident.
I'm not a fan of the selfie. I think it's at the heart of the narcissism that social media brings into our lives.
It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.
Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.
America was built on rugged individualism, and today that has evolved into a culture of narcissism. But God didn't create you to live for you. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to put aside your selfish ambition.
I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism.
The 2 extremes, neither one worse than the other: the result of bad religion is self-loathing and violence; the result of bad spirituality is self-worship and narcissism.
The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor.
A narcissism shared by two.
[Donald] Trump's narcissism seems to be reflected in his need to be liked and treated positively.
No game designer ever went wrong by overestimating the narcissism of their players.
The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.
Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.
Beauty is a dangerous word. Beauty becomes slightly indulgent for me. It's a snatched kind of moment for me because I'm entitled to a nice day in my life but beauty creeps close to narcissism, which I really dislike, particularly in human beings who were born with good looks, who cash in on it. It's a bit of a dodgy word for me. I look at it with caution. It can be a bit like walking into quicksand; it can get you in to all kinds of trouble.
All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.
In early psychoanalytic thought, narcissism was - and still, of course, is - self-love. The early psychoanalysts used to talk of libido directed at the self. That now feels a little quaint, that kind of language. But it does include the most fierce and self-displaying form of one's individual self. And in this way, it can be dangerous. When you look at Donald Trump, you can really see someone who's destructive to any form of life enhancement in virtually every area. And if that's what Fromm means by malignant narcissism, then it definitely applies.
For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.
Secularism breeds narcissism. There is nothing higher to live for, so you live for you
The narcissist enjoys being looked at and not looking back.