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Ego Quotes (page 2)

I went to see the Beatles last month... And I heard 20,000 girls screaming together at the Beatles... and I couldn't hear what they were screaming, either... But you don't have to... They're screaming Me! Me! Me! Me!... I'm Me!... That's the cry of the ego, and that's the cry of this rally!... Me! Me! Me! Me!... And that's why wars get fought... ego... because enough people want to scream Pay attention to Me... Yep, you're playing their game... Tom Wolfe
That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole. Elizabeth Gilbert
J. D. Salinger quote: "Nobody who's really using his ego, his real ego, has any time..."
Nobody who's really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies J. D. Salinger
Colin Powell quote: "Never let your ego get so close to your position that when..."
Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell
Colin Powell quote: "Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if..."
Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. Colin Powell
Bruce Perens quote: "It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you..."
It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind. Bruce Perens
Mike Krzyzewski quote: "Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego..."
Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable. Mike Krzyzewski
That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction. David O. Russell
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos. Donald Rumsfeld
A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it. Matthew Barney
When I am out and about I feel watched. It's become second nature. The only time I get to be private is in my work. That is when I liberate the ego. The blessed-out sensation of liberating the ego. Thandie Newton
You know, there are many alter egos and Gorillaz is a collective of alter egos, really. I think anyone who gets involved in it has to sort of accept that nothing is really as it seems. Damon Albarn
I think Henry Kissinger grew up with that odd mix of ego and insecurity that comes from being the smartest kid in the class. From really knowing you're more awesomely intelligent than anybody else, but also being the guy who got beaten up for being Jewish. Walter Isaacson
She destroyed egos by the score and made men hate themselves in the morning by the way she found them, used them, and tossed them aside. Joseph Heller
Death is a long process," Archer says. "Your body is just the first part of you that croaks." Meaning: Beyond that, your dreams have to die. Then your expectations. And your anger about investing a lifetime in learning shit and loving people and earning money, only to have all that crap come to basically nothing. Really, your physical body dying is the easy part. Beyond that, your memories must die. And your ego. Your pride and shame and ambition and hope, all that Personal Identity Crap can... Chuck Palahniuk

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