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prima donna

«Somewhere in the brain of every prima donna there is a deep craving for security and comfort, linked with a fear of old age. This causes her to pick a man who is prepared to act as a permanent wet nurse.»
«Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.»
«A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.»
«We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas.»
«Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas -- including this one.»
«These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such stupid remarks.»