Quotes About Ego

In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'

I think there are different kinds of comedians, and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit like this, laugh at me.' Whereas, a lot of other comedians are saying: 'Aren't I clever? You want to be me, aren't I cool? Revere me.' Which is fine. But that's not my bag.

It's very exciting to take magic into a new direction, whereas a lot of times magic comes from a place of sort of ego, like, 'Look what I can do that you can't do.' It kind of comes across that way a lot, and you're always trying to challenge the magician; you're always trying to figure out how the magician is doing it.

I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.

I don't care much whether people remember me or not. If people remember, well and good. If they don't remember, it's alright - I'm dead anyway.

We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.

I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, 'That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible.'

The greater jihad is proclaiming war on our ego's destructive and negative emotions and thoughts... which prevent us from attaining perfection.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down.

One may be humble out of pride.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

I try to pride myself on being nice to everyone and not letting egos get in the way.

Oh Lord... I don't really do pride.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.

Establishing a friendship after divorce takes great effort and a lot of swallowing of your pride and ego.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

I once dealt with a prima donna on a movie set. I won't say who, but his first name is a country. A communist country. Run by Fidel Castro.

There's only one prima donna in my pictures, and that's me!

We used to be such prima donnas.