Alain de Botton

The idea that one might use art for 'instrumental' reasons tends to set off alarm bells at the heart of the cultural elite, who contend that it's not a pill, that it shouldn't be asked to perform some specific function, especially something as egocentric as to 'cheer you up' or to 'make you a more empathetic person.

English Writer

Gary Hamel

The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.

American Businessman

Troy Polamalu

Anybody who's away from what's normal is just kind of pushed aside as, 'Oh, he's crazy.' But in reality, this world is crazy. It's just chaos everywhere. It's really hard to be part of this world, because it's very possessed. And very egocentric.

American Athlete

Park Shin-hye

Of course I have had a boyfriend. However, I was way too busy while taking care of myself, and I could not show a better care for my boyfriend. I found myself getting more and more egocentric, and I was not a good girlfriend at all.

South Korean Actress

Andrea Corr

All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree - I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing.

Irish Musician

Erving Goffman

There is a close meshing with the ritual properties of persons and with the egocentric forms of territoriality.

Canadian Scientist

Gianluigi Buffon

In the end, you need to be a little masochistic to be a goalkeeper. A masochist and egocentric as well.

Italian Athlete

Katharine Hepburn

It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

American Actress

John C. Maxwell

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

American Clergyman

Mark Kurlansky

American Journalist

When calling someone egocentric, it suggests they are selfish and lack empathy.

Negative Implication

Use with caution; 'egocentric' can offend if used to describe someone directly.

Beware of Insults

Often used to describe negative behavior in social and team settings.

Social Context

An egocentric is not just self-centered; they may ignore others' needs completely.

Personification of Selfishness

Describing someone as an egocentric implies they are difficult to have a relationship with.

Relationship Strain

In psychology, egocentrism is a normal phase in child development.

Developmental Stage

While typically negative, in psychology, egocentric is a neutral observation of behavior.

Not Always Negative

When used in psychology, it's more technical and less about morality.

Academic Tone

 Some of these biases are unique to individuals, but others are more universal. For example, egocentric bias can influence people to subconsciously reshape their memories in ways that cast a positive light on their actions. Even if we were able to encode a memory accurately,

How do you know what's...

 there questions that everyone has and that's how I feel about our place in the universe you know the idea that we are the only things out here doesn't make any sense to me there would be it's inexcusably egocentric to even suggest it and isn't

Drop Little Droplets in...

 What is going on in this baby's mind? If you'd asked people this 30 years ago, most people, including psychologists, would have said that this baby was irrational, illogical, egocentric --

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