Quotes About Ego

People say, 'Since you got rich and famous, you've become insufferable.' I say, 'That's not true. I've always been insufferable.'

Guitar players never listen to lead singers.

Nobody has single-handedly done more for the U.S. than me.

I have run across characters in my political career that have that singular focus of being someone, being in a position of power.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in a room, writing songs, it's a completely different process. It's a completely different place. It's a creative place, a musical place. It has nothing to do with who likes what.

I'm an actor; I have an ego that is sometimes disproportionate to the reality of the situation.

Who names themselves 'The Situation?' I do not take myself seriously like that - not in the least bit - that would be so pretentious.

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

We're an improv group and a sketch comedy group called the Tenderloins, that's our alter ego.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

The ego is not harmonious with happiness and spiritual development. In the process of spiritual transformation we refine it. In the fire of love we melt the ego down.

Instead of loving the Trinity of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), we tend to love a different trinity: Me, myself, and I.

Now why, if freedom is striven after for love of the I after all - why not choose the I himself as beginning, middle, and end?

I love narcissists-even more than they love themselves. You don't have to buoy them up. They are their own razzle-dazzle show and you are the blessed, favored with a front-row seat.

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself.

People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.

I just love being on stage and I love making music, and as far as - it's great for narcissism, because you have all those people screaming out your name.

It's very difficult for people, because when you purify yourself with love you have to merge. Anything in the world is easier to merge than two egos.

The wounds of self-love turn incurable when the oxide of self-love gets into them.

I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.

I love being a star more than life itself.