Gaby Hoffmann

As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.

American Actress

Gwen Stefani

I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone.

American Musician

John Keats

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

English Poet

Napoleon Bonaparte

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

French Statesman

Samuel Butler

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

British Poet

Michele Bachmann

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

American Politician

Jonathan Swift

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Irish Writer

Karl Lagerfeld

German Designer

Matthew McConaughey

American Actor

Shweta Tripathi

Indian Actress

Often used negatively to criticize excessive self-importance.

Negative Trait

Indicates the speaker's opinion; what one sees as vanity, another may not.

Subjective View

Usually refers to a person's self-regard rather than towards objects or possessions.

Often Personal

Emphasizes the emptiness or pointlessness of an action or object.

Lack of Substance

Common in discussions about the meaning of life and human endeavors.

Philosophical Use

Refers to a piece of furniture designed for personal grooming.

Functional Object

Commonly linked to beauty routines or the beauty industry.

Associated with Beauty

Can imply an inner conflict between pride and humility.

Internal Struggle

In some cultures, displays of vanity are considered negative behavior.

Cultural Perception

 Now this is really where designers in car business diverge from the engineers. We don't really have a problem talking about love. We don't have a problem talking about truth or beauty in that sense. That's what we're searching for -- when we're working our craft, we are really trying to find that truth out there. We're not trying to find vanity and beauty.

Chris Bangle: Great cars...

 but it's really hard to argue with that punchline. The description perfectly captured Edwards' personal vanity. And guess what? That ended up being the exact personality trait that was at the core of the scandal that ended his political career.

Chris Bliss: Comedy is...

 second security third relationships fourth status self-esteem that is vanity and we're taking vanity and shoving it down here and so we end up with vain decisions and we can't even afford our mortgage we can't afford to eat anything except

Creative houses from...

 and societal measures of success, he could be truly free. He would live self-sufficiently, close to nature, without materialism, vanity, or conformity. In practice, this meant he spent years wandering around Greek cities

The philosophy of...

 We have confused Maslow's hierarchy of needs, just a little bit. On the bottom tier, we have basic shelter, clothing, food, water, mating and so forth. security. relationships. status, self-esteem -- that is, vanity --

Dan Phillips: Creative...

 important to do that and i wanted them to understand that moment that you're not going gonna get um angela davis on the front of the was it vanity fair just because a briana taylor does not go on the front

Can You Hear the Reggae...

 in the hands of the enemies of democracy. Getting to know our own weaknesses will also help us to avoid the trap of the fascist mirror. As we explained earlier, fascism exploits our vanity.

Why fascism is so...

 I wrote a poem, which seems to me to still hold for me today. "He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification.

Moshe Safdie: What makes...

 beyond the empty vanities and lowly realities of existence, beyond sin, suffering, and death, beyond fear, and beyond ourselves.

The five major world...

 with vanity license "Babban Gona." My friends, in the next 20 years,