Quotes About Ego

Two powerful people can't be friends.

Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?

My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

You don't want to be too proud, to get carried away, but if people give you praise, you don't want to throw it back.

One of my pet hates is people re-Tweeting praise, I loathe it more than anything else in the world.

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Usually we praise only to be praised.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

I think it's important to talk to your inner thing. The purpose is to go over the decisions that will affect my life and others. I pray that I don't make my decisions based on ego.

I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.

Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.

I've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.

Writers, directors often can get too precious with their words.

I've learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it, if they'll hate it. It's an act of ego if you're hoping for everyone to love the film and tell you how great you are.

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.

I believe there is a shallow side to every actor, who craves to be presented well.

Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and I don't have a small ego. For me, appearing on a stage or presenting a cake is the same thing. You need a crowd around you to do it.