“The market has a simple way of whittling all excessive pride and overblown egos down to size. After all, the whole idea is to be completely objective and recognize what the marketplace is telling you, rather than try to prove that the thing you said or did yesterday or six weeks ago was right. The fastest way to take a bath in the stock market or go broke is to try to prove that you are right and the market is wrong.” WayTryingSaidIdeasWholeSimpleWeekPrideProveEgoSixSizeYesterdayObjectivesBrokeBathsMarketplaceSimple WaysWhittlingExcessive Pride Author:William O'Neil
“The real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance of experiencing something that is divine in nature. But in order to do that, we have to slice away at our egos and try to get them down to a manageable size, and then still work some practiced light meditation. So real religion is about reducing our egos, whereas all the churches are interested in is egotistical activities, like getting as many members and raising as much money and becoming as important and high-profile and influential as possible.” IfsTryingStillsImportantRealLightMightOrderUnderstandingChurchChanceMeditationDivineBecomingActivityMembersEgoSizeSecondsReducingInfluentialProfileEgotisticalManageableHigh ProfileExperiencing Something Author:John Cleese
“Film acting would be about 80 percent better than it has been lately if actors did their homework, if they didn't have egos that took the size of their talent for granted.” IfsHas BeensWould BeFilmActorsActingTalentEgoPercentSizeGrantedHomeworkFilm Acting Author:Rod Steiger
“Donald Trump's ego is like a comet the size of Jupiter just traveling through the solar system, and we all have to be affected by its gravitational pull.” TrumpEgoSizeAffectedSolar SystemJupiterComets Author:David Brooks
“I looked from one to the other, and realized that Barrons and my dad were having one of those wordless conversations he and I have from time to time. Though the language was, by nature, foreign to me, I grew up in the Deep South where a man’s ego is roughly the size of his pickup truck, and women get an early and interesting education in the not-so-subtle roar of testosterone.” MenLanguageInterestingGrewDadConversationEgoGrew UpSouthMy DadSizeSubtleTruckTestosteronePickupsPickup Trucks Book:Bloodfever Source: Bloodfever
“You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there?” WorldHumansDreamDesireFantasyEgoGoldGreenDollarsSizeImpulseAppetiteAtomsSplitsEmperorCathedralsFiberGreaseDevil's Advocate Author:Al Pacino
“As long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual normal size, as big as the people around one will allow.” PeopleLongBigsEgoNormalMindfulnessRemainsSizeGrantedConcentrationUsual Author:Ayya Khema
“He’s totally different from the typical jock. He has no ego. That’s unique for someone with such accolades. His strength comes from a higher power. You can’t explain Steve Largent by computer – he doesn’t belong on an NFL field. You put his size and speed in an IBM computer up in Silicon Valley, it would chew up his data card and laugh.” DifferentLaughingFieldsHigherEgoComputerUniqueSizeSpeedCardsDataNflValleysTypicalSiliconHigher PowerSilicon ValleyJocksIbmAccolades Author:Lester Hayes
“Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but on the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm” MenHeartBeautifulJudgingArmsEgoSizeBeautiful WomenBeard Author:Abraham Lincoln