Quotes About Ego

This is why I wanted to be different and why I wanted to have power and fame and money: because I wanted to be attractive to the opposite sex. I'd be lying to you if I didn't say that was a big part of it.

Many guys seem to think that his thoughts and feelings are always right and always the best option. I think I am the same kind of guy.

It can be a real blow to our egos when we feel as if our hard-earned degrees don't matter as much as our ability to get the morning coffee orders right.

Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

When it comes to filmmaking, we have to deal with ego, anger, and a lot more; barring all these, how the team works towards the outcome matters.

If people want to go do some big outdoor thing for their ego, have them climb snowy mountains rather than shoot animals.

Deep down, my ego always thought that I would outlast a lot of people that I was competing against.

I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

No one likes someone who's really overconfident.

Fame is a thing where people can overdo it and get a big head.

I believe that 'ego' is much overused term.

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.

You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don't love themselves enough.

Meditation... disolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.

Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.

You know, Rose said, You're not the first man in history who thinks his cock is the path to wisdom. You're not the first man to make his hard-on into the Holy Grail.

The average person believes that they are better than the average person.

Freud argued that a leader emerges when a group of people - the followers - have replaced their own narcissism with that of the leader, so that their love for the leader is a subliminal form of self love.

I understood then why rock stars have such big egos: from the stage, the world is just one faceless, shirtless, obedient mass, as far as the eye can see.

The Prime Minister keeps me on around here because I make him look good.

your ego is nothing but a mean and cruel deceptive little freak living inside your head that will never bring joy and happiness to your life. What that ego will bring is frustration, depression, manipulation, and fear.