“For Christmas when I was about four I got given 'Can the can' by Susie Quatro, so that was the first record I got. And I got Skyhooks "Ego is not a Dirty Word.... I was sorta listening to the Beatles and stuff the whole time since I was about ten anyway, then I started getting into Kiss and David Bowie at the same time” FirstsWholeGivenStuffRecordsFourListeningTenKissingEgoDirtyBowieDirty Words Author:Bernard Fanning
“Kids are probably frustrated and egos are too much involved and kids don't know how to get together and be kids and start a group and it's kind of sad because I feel like if you come out with three or four people in the beginning, you can be protected and everybody can shield each other. Before you get out there by yourself and get all these people coming at you. I just think it's not really there.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsKindKidsTogetherThreeKnow HowToo MuchFourGroupsInvolvedEgoProtectedFrustratedShieldsGet Together Author:Raphael Saadiq
“There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.” WayTwoLastsFourEgoMalesHandleDelicateResortsBetter WaysMale Ego Author:Lora Leigh
“Your language, dear," Victoria reproved gently. "A lady never curses in public. There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego." Keiley paused. "With a two-by-four?" she asked. Victoria's lips pursed a smile tugged at her lips. "Only as a last resort," she murmured humorously. "And never in public.” WayTwoLastsLanguageFourEgoMalesLipsDearHandleCurseDelicateResortsBetter WaysVictoriaMale Ego Author:Lora Leigh
“The greatest thing that prepared me for editing Vanity Fair was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.” MindKidsInterestGreaterFourEgoFairsPreparedVanityEditingVanity Fair Author:Graydon Carter
“Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you... Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of battle.” PeopleLittlesWisdomFightingSpeakSleepWalksPathFourFieldsBattleEgoTrainingPatientHarmObedienceIslamicBe PatientFleeingHorsemenNafs Author:Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
“I was hitting him with what I thought was my full strength, I hit him in the head about four times and every time I hit him, I was like, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry'. And he's like, 'It's fine, it didn't even hurt'. Yeah, that was kind of an ego deflater!” KindRememberHurtFourFineEgoYeahSorryHittingI'm Sorry Author:Robert Pattinson
“You only believe that it is a relationship. It is a conflict, it is enmity, it is jealousy, it is aggression, it is domination, it is possession, and many things - but not relationship. How can you relate with two egos there? When there are two egos, then there are four persons.” BelievePersonsTwoFourRelationshipConflictEgoPossessionRelateAggressionDominationEnmity Author:Rajneesh
“In every bed you will find four persons sleeping together. It is very rare to find a double bed, because then four persons are there overcrowding it. The wife is there and the ego, and the husband is there and the ego - husband is hidden behind his ego, wife is hidden behind her ego, and those two egos go on making love. The real contact never happens.” PersonsTwoRealHappensTogetherSleepBehindsFourWifeRelationshipGoes OnBedHusbandEgoContactMaking LoveOvercrowdingSleeping Together Author:Rajneesh
“When I was twenty-five, I went on exactly four dates with a much older guy whom I'll call Peter Parker. I'm calling him Peter Parker because the actual guy's name was also alliterative, and because, well, it's my book and I'll name a guy I dated after Spider-Man's alter ego if I want to.” IfsMenWantWellsBookGuyNamesFiveFourCallingEgoTwentiesPeterSpidersTwenty FiveSpider ManAlter EgoOlder GuysPeter Parker Book:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition) Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)