Quotes About Ego

I have no theories about the divorce rate or things like that, but it does occur to me that dealing with kids and their problems can be real binding glue. It keeps you out of the range of too much ego.

In such a therapeutic, pragmatic, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps society as ours, the message of God having to do all the work in saving us comes as an offensive shot at our egos.

Creative directors can be egocentric, they say. I decide; they shout at people and harass. I don't want that.

Long ago, I had to sort of learn to have a thick skin to read some of the things you read in the papers and to also keep my ego in check when you read some really flattering things in the papers.

There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.

There is a thin difference between confidence and ego.

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived.

I still think I am the greatest.

I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

Success should not make you think you are God's gift to mankind. You should never forget that you are what you are because God chose you to be there.

In my experience, people looking for progress aren't actually looking to move things forward. They're looking to be perceived in a certain way: as a forward thinker. It's about vanity rather than any altruistic motives for the art.

As humans with egos and feelings, none of us wants to be pilloried. But as thinkers and writers, it's our job to express opinions forthrightly and without qualifying them out of existence.

Don't believe your own publicity. You can't; you'll start thinking that you're better than you are.

My motto is, 'You may not be as good as you think you are, but thinking you are is good.'

Everyone thinks they're the hero in their own story.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Hollywood is built on delusion. Everyone thinks they're more important than they are. Nothing is real.

Draco's not really a bully. He's not exactly the biggest, strongest guy in the world. He's more a rich, snobby person. He thinks of himself as really cool.

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me.

Anyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked.