It's a kind of egotistic naturalism which is endemic of a deeper French malaise. From Wordnik.com. [Le Mot Juste] Reference
Bovary vaguely contributed to his pleasure by a kind of egotistic reflex upon himself. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
Oh, the inconceivable egotistic imagination of women!. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
It loves, but its affections are selfish and egotistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Ascent of the Soul] Reference
She guest stars as egotistic TV host Christine St. George. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2006] Reference
Only in our human egotistic state do we experience separation. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Judith Rich: The Nobel Prize: A Tool For Shifting Consciousness?] Reference
Brigadier Townsend, however capable, was irritable and egotistic. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
I am quite content with being a materialistic egotistic girly girl. From Wordnik.com. [hottyprncess Diary Entry] Reference
ROGER BACON may seem egotistic in argument, but his mind was humble to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Bygone Beliefs] Reference
Gore could be caricatured "as somewhat pompous, self-important and egotistic.". From Wordnik.com. [Miles Mogulescu: Yo Obama/Axelrod/Plouffe: Here's Some Good Advice on How to Kick Some Butt and Shape a Winning Narrative] Reference
Incidentally, the poor Zimbabweans are not alone in fighting the egotistic bigots. From Wordnik.com. [Zimbabwe Needs Help] Reference
We do not deny that there are plenty of egotistic instincts in isolated individuals. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Anger is in its very nature egotistic and selfish, and has in it nothing of holiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Character] Reference
AMANDA, CALLER FROM OHIO: I think that Peter Cook is nothing but an egotistic crybaby. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2008] Reference
It is not surprising that the wide influence which Greeley acquired made him egotistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
If she was egotistic about her tiny learning, they were at least as much so regarding theirs. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
We have no more right to be egotistic on paper than we have a right to be dull or disagreeable. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
If his speech is not egotistic enough the players may again and again demand a more flattering one. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
I ought not to speak that way, it sounds egotistic, but I am old enough now to be excused for that. From Wordnik.com. [Acres of Diamonds] Reference
So formal that he was able to express this supremely egotistic worldview in a mathematical formula. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Abella: Rand and the Bush Tax Rebate] Reference
We know that this comes from the heart of the people, for the heart of the people is not egotistic. From Wordnik.com. [RALLY IN VALPARAISO] Reference
What can we expect from that powerful country, invariably expansionistic, egotistic, and hegemonic. From Wordnik.com. [Castro Addresses Ibero-American Summit Meeting] Reference
She was no longer competing, and had nothing at all to restrain her from venting her egotistic fury. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Boobiac Strikes Back!] Reference
This haughty attitude easily leads to egotistic thoughts that only we know best how to benefit others. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 8 Tamed Behavior and Closely Bonding Practices] Reference
And yet, to talk too much about books is not well; it often marks the pedantic and egotistic character. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls] Reference
People do not want to see the congress become a platform for egotistic aspirations in view of the elections. From Wordnik.com. [PSUV Congress approaches: Venezuela's Chavez opens far reaching, resonating debate] Reference
My heart smote me for that egotistic contemplation of myself and my prospects which had led me to neglect her. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
To prevent the potential excesses of egotistic self-propagation, survival is self-limiting and self-regulating. From Wordnik.com. [Live and Let Live, Nature's Message] Reference
"Oh, Nora, how violent you are!" said Ed. "You're overbearing, supercilious and egotistic," went on Nora bitingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Promise] Reference
If you think of the past, you will find, perhaps, that I am hard; yet this departure is not an egotistic desertion. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This is a very obvious example of how the egotistic individual interests clash with the interests of the collectivity. From Wordnik.com. [14TH ANNIVERSARY-ATTACK ON MONCADA BARRACKS] Reference
When he did so eventually the amount he ate was enough commendation of its quality to satisfy the most egotistic baker. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
For any candidate to make such a certain statement would mark him/her a fool, or living in a world of egotistic fantasy. From Wordnik.com. [Change by the Ounces or Change by the Gallons?] Reference
Her familiar conversation was a series of brilliant, egotistic, shrewd, and genial sallies, and she could be either caressing or impudent. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Attempts, all-powerful, such as Papism and Mohammedanism, failed in their egotistic purposes to enforce upon the world an exotic structure. From Wordnik.com. [Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker] Reference
The people must use their logic and realize that opening their doors wide open to illegal residents is egotistic, mistaken, and antisocial. From Wordnik.com. [Further Reportage on National Assembly Meeting Castro Addresses Session] Reference
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