(379 quotes found)
“I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.”
Oscar Wilde
“To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.”
Barbra Streisand
“Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.”
Nathaniel Bronner Jr.
“The world is burning in the fire of desire, in greed, arrogance and excessive ego.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: "Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big."”
William Proxmire
“The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.”
Thomas Sowell
“It is difficult indeed to understand the ego in its depth and devious ways. It is an inert entity, that is to say, it cannot know itself not can it know others; It has no fear; it will not bend before others; it degrades man from the golden glory, which is his due, to the level of lowly dust.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.”
Albert Einstein
“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.”
“I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.”
Al Alvarez
