Quotes About Ego

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

I don't consider myself an icon.

I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.

I am not an icon.

If Bill was all id, Hillary is all superego.

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

The trouble is that you get fans who tell you you're great no matter how big an idiot you are.

I think Don King has always been an idiot in my mind. He's always been about money. I don't think he cares about anything else but himself.

I didn't ever imagine, except in the most idle, obviously wish-fulfillment, ego-gratification fantasies, that anything I wrote would ever win awards, let alone so many.

When someone has that combination of arrogance and ignorance - that drives me crazy.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

As men, we have the illusion that we run the world.

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

There is no 'I.' That's an illusion we've got to get beyond.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

Collaboration is an important part of the process, and ego is never a part of it.

Am I impressed by myself? Nah, not really.

I'm never impressed with myself!

You always think you're better than you are in the beginning.

Whenever a chef cooks for his own ego rather than his guests, he/she set themselves up for ridicule and failure. In the end, it's the service industry. Our goal is to make our guests happy through our cooking.