Quotes by Ego Its better to lose your ego to the One you Love than to lose the One you Love to your Ego John Keats one-you-lovelosesego Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love Johann Wolfgang von Goethe savingegoway There's only one critic whose opinion I really value, in the final analysis: Johnny Carson. I have never needed any entourage standing around bolstering my ego. I'm secure. I know exactly who and what I am. I don't need to be told. I make no apologies for being the way I am. Johnny Carson apologyfinalsego I have an ego like anybody else, but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time. Johnny Carson egoneeds Artists are... stubborn egomaniacs who are mysteriously - and sometimes correctly - certain that the world needs to know all about the figments of their imaginations and who gear their lives to getting those figments into circulation. Jon Pareles egoartistimagination I'm a professional Jonathan Coulton. It's partially ego, to be completely honest: It feels great to have people adoring you in that way. Jonathan Coulton egopeopleway One last thing on objectives - I like to make things, create things, so that's probably been the primary objective all along, even before the ego objective - to make. To record. But why record... that gets back to the ego, a little. Oh, well. Making is good. I like to make things. Jonathan Ames recordsegolittles All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision. Joni Mitchell egovisionbattle The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realization then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming, and about how ideas of forming stem from history. Joseph Beuys egoselfideas My poems getting published in Russia doesn't make me feel in any fashion, to tell you the truth. I'm not trying to be coy, but it doesn't tickle my ego. Joseph Brodsky russiaegofashion Well, one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is, as Nietzsche said, "Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you cast out the best thing that's in you." So many people who are really in deep analysis look as though and act as though they have been filleted. There's no bone there, there's no stuff! How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick. Joseph Campbell egoinspirationalpeople Questing... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself. Joseph Campbell egoadventureworld The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down. Joseph Campbell knowing-who-you-areegodragons How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick. Joseph Campbell messengersegoinspirational The soul is the ego, the ‘I,’ or the self, and it contains our consciousness. It also animates our body. That’s why when the soul leaves the body, the body becomes a corpse. The soul is immaterial and distinct from the body. J.P. Moreland egosoulself It's 100% important to have a dialog with yourself going all the time. That's an ego talking to you, beckoning you to do more, but it's not the voice that you need to have in order to solidify the trust relationship. You have to be really transparent with yourself and say, "What can I do now?" What can I really do and how do I bring that into the world. In other words, those self-talk, we have to constantly be auditing, is our voice inside our best friend? If it's not, you have to make it your best friend. Judith E. Glaser egoimportantworld Some days you feel like you've had the greatest ego massage, then the next day you've been trampled on. Judy Woodruff massagenext-dayego I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman. Joss Whedon singingegogiants I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places. Joss Whedon egoi-canenough Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. J.R. Ward egocitiesmen«2627282930313233343536»
