Quotes About Ego

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Reductionism and elimination make one feel clever, but what happens when the meditator drops her fixation on feeling clever?

I can't stand the club scene. It's all about impressing people.

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it!

I was a little bit of a cocky kid.

I am not cocky or real showboatish.

I never get nervous and I'm always very confident to the point where some people think I'm cocky.

Sometimes I was a little bit - not cocky, but not so nice, you know?

Always thinking that you're not very good is far better than being cocky.

I hope I don't come off as being cocky.

I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.

I spent a lot of time quasi-fascinated with characters who were super-dumb and super-cocky. I always liked that combination.

A lot of comedians are selfish.

What's cool about Matador is that everyone I've met there is just so chill and really into what they're doing. Everyone that works there, there's just such a lack of ego, and there's such a commitment to what they're doing. They all like each other.

Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.

I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.

A lot of men are competitive about being funny.

There's certainly the ego-based me that is very competitive.

Anyone that's your competitor is going to think that they're better.

I've worked in this business long enough that I know people who complain, like, 'My character does this, and my character does that,' and I think it's just ego talking.

When a director you admire says that he wants to work with you, it's always a compliment, very good for your ego.

I'll downplay myself before I compliment myself.

In essence, Trump thinks everything should be about him, for him, for his benefit and glorification - and he can't comprehend, and doesn't care about, anything that isn't.