Quotes: Ego

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

I fed my ego, but not my soul.

Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.

But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film.

My ego is controlled enough that I don’t have to be the focus.

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.

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.

I was a bit worried coming back to the Premiership from America, but I have been pleased with my form, and the interest I have received has been good for my ego. I have no worries about my fitness, and I am really looking forward to the season starting now.

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn’t a star, just an actress. Forget it. I’m a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.

In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music.