Quotes About Ego

Now, another way to think about this is that Shakespeare's ego was so very insatiable he thought he could speak for everybody: a black duke, a transvestite girl, a carefree prince, a mad king. But we tend not to think of it that way, in Britain, instead we consider Shakespeare's breed of impersonality among the highest literary virtues.

I found out too that you are bound to be jostled in the crowded street of life. That in itself need not be dangerous unless you have the open razors of personal vanity in your pants pocket. The passers-by don't hurt you, but if you go around like that, they make you hurt yourself.

But the whole town got vain over it

Do I like being No. 1? Absolutely. Who doesn't?

If somebody gives you accolades, that's nice to hear but it's not the end-all, be-all for me.

I never feel proud of my work and say that this is my biggest achievement.

If you are too into the fans and adoration and the world thinking you are the greatest, then you do not perform well.

I am self-centred. I just adore myself.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Public adulation is the ultimate high.

I consider myself a very confident person, but I don't actually think I am big-headed because my confidence doesn't affect me.

I'm really good. I'll tell you that all day.

Pride is an amazing thing.

I'm not somebody with over-weening ambition.

You should never put another man in front of you and say he's better than you.

People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

People who love the applause should have it, but I don't care for it.

It's very hard to argue with someone who thinks he is God because he makes a lot of money.

It's okay to be confident, but not arrogant.

The thing with me is that I'm quite arrogant.

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.