Quotes by Ego I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense. Sharon Bolton judgeegochancepeople If you're 100% yourself, then you're going to be different no matter what. I have this self-honesty approach as opposed to an ego that a lot of musicians put up. I can be myself, and that's just enough to stand out. Shamir yourselfmyselfyouego There's an element of ego to writing the Riddler. You research a lot of things that you end up jettisoning as a writer, and Riddler was a lot of fun to get to have that sort of annoying know-it-all personality lording over the city. He's a lot of fun to write about. Scott Snyder cityyouegopersonality When you go onstage, the process of getting you from the dressing room to the stage is all about ego. Richard Ashcroft goyouegoprocess I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas - ideas don't have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them. Ricky Gervais youegoagepeople Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego. RuPaul seriouslywhyhardego I've always loved movies and animation. When I was little, I was always pretending to be some alter ego superhero. For years it was Ultraman, ninjas, Spiderman and other cool super heroes. Ryan Potter lovedmoviescoolego What I've found in my research is that realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion. Ryan Holiday hubrisdelusionegoresearch It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed. Ruth J. Simmons judgeegoleadershiprelationship In the life of our organism, we are continually dealing with a development of force followed by a state of equilibrium. Of course, the human being has no conscious knowledge of what is really going on within him, but what takes place is so infinitely wise that the cleverness of the human ego is nothing by comparison. Rudolf Steiner egowiselifeknowledge Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. Robin S. Sharma namegameegoleadership When you work in a creative environment, people get protective about their ideas. Sometimes it's justified; sometimes it's about ego. Robert Sheehan youegoworkpeople My career is based primarily upon finding a balance with a director and their vision, and that means sublimating my own personal ego toward their material. Robert Richardson my-ownbalanceegovision It's not the great stars that win; it's the great teams that win. It's the teams that subjugate their ego to the team and put the team first. Robert Kraft greategoteamstars The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it. Ridley Scott channelegolearning I've gotten to a place where I'm better at curbing your ego, which usually happens when you're feeling super small and scared about whatever you're seeing, and you want to go read, 'Oh, I hear there's a really good article about me.' I've gotten better about knowing that's not going to end well, usually. Rhea Seehorn goodmeyouego I don't have much of an ego, but I have a great deal of confidence! Raymond Burr dealgreatconfidenceego If you want to build an open source project, you can't let your ego stand in the way. You can't rewrite everybody's patches, you can't second-guess everybody, and you have to give people equal control. Rasmus Lerdorf youegopeopleway The ego always needs to be 'doing,' and repeating a mantra guides my mind to a deeper, less active experience. Jeff Kober doingegoexperiencemind I knew if I had to struggle, I couldn't struggle in New York. My ego was too big for it. I couldn't be a guy who is starving when I had a very successful business when I was young. Jeremy Luke newegobusinessstruggle«6465666768697071727374»
