Quotes About Ego

Thinking you're a genius is death.

There's a line between being egotistical and being genius or great.

Gentlemen, start your egos.

Self-righteousness, when you think about it, is a contra-indicator of self-esteem. It's what sets in when genuine righteousness eludes us.

When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.

Young guys kind of have this chip on their shoulder of, 'I want to prove something,' right? 'I've got to prove how tough I am. I've got to prove how good I am.' And man, now as I'm getting older, I think it's almost sad when guys my age and older still have that chip on their shoulder.

Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.

I had this giant ego of an athlete, but I was self-conscious at everything else.

Certainly, with my giant overinflated ego, playing in the CFL would have been like failing.

I'm sure I was a cocky git.

I never went out looking for glory.

There are some directors I hear about in nighttime or some I used to work with who walk around like gods.

If the day comes where I can have my own action figure... I defy any actor to say that's not a good day.

Today, most big stars want scripts to be written in a particular way, show them in a certain light. They want people to like them for various reasons. It's all about how much people will like me in this film than about whether it's a good film or not.

See, I don't know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea.

It feels good to hear good things about yourself.

Dites à quelqu'un qu'il est con, il vous répondra qu'il en est fier. Réflexe de défense ordinaire, quelle que soit l'accusation.

I am the leading strings of the ego and the prompter of its concepts.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.

One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity.

Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.