Quotes About Ego

Greed and ego are too often the downfall of mankind

A fellow with the smallest mind is the one who is usually most willing to give someone a piece of it.

It's alright. It's okay if it's about your ego. Sometimes it's got to be about your ego. Just know that it is.

Our ego is our silent partner--too often with a controlling interest.

The other reason why the mind has been regarded with a certain amount of suspicion is its tendency to pull us into a smaller, mentally constructed sense of ourselves: to confuse being with thinking.

Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.

There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

I'm tired of people disturbing the peace, getting on the radio and sounding a hot mess. If I can tell what the note really is, why let them go to the note they think it is? I've got that mama vibe. I don't look at it with an ego.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

With Barack, there's an emotional need to succeed, to win, to obtain victory. He always believes that he's the smartest person in the room.

I don't think there's room in video games for people to bring an ego. It's very frustrating for any actor to have someone who's a celebrity take over your place. Like the 'Uncharted' film, they're trying to find someone to play Nathan Drake. And it's like, why do they not think of us? We do this.

I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves.

There's nothing more tedious than people who like to talk about themselves.

Nonconformity is nothing but self-interest in disguise.

1. I am superior to others. Circle one: Doesn't apply to me. Partially applies to me. Fully applies to me. And: I would not feel sorry if someone were blamed for something I did. Circle one: Doesn't apply to me. Partially applies to me. Fully applies to me.

Dr. Fortunato," Kristine shot back at Laurie, her resentment undisguised. "You don't know how we do things in Wright. Dr. Parrish doesn't care about hospital hierarchy. He's very accessible and he'd never let his ego get in the way of patient care. Maybe you do things differently where you work-

Sometimes I hated it when I was right, but I always hated it when someone else was. Especially when their being right made me wrong. I'm irrational that way. It's something I'm working on.

I couldn't wait to see Phaelan. I'd know instantly if she'd dropped anchor on his ego. *

Sometimes young men need their confidence boosted, but never their egos.

Like most authors, I'm a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access, I would waste countless hours looking up things about myself, writing fake posts about how great I am and arguing with people who don't like my work. It saves me a lot of time and frustration to just stay out of the loop.

Mr. Beeston took a step forward and cleared his throat in his I-know-you-work-for-Neptune-but-I'm-clearly-the-most-important-person-here kind of way.