The cast of 'Vikings' is a real team, a true ensemble. It's a mad, eclectic, great bunch! But we support each other and trust each other completely. There are no egos.
Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego.
We misuse language and talk about the 'ascent' of man. We understand the scientific basis for the interrelatedness of life, but our ego hasn't caught up yet.
A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.
Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.
I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else?
Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
The only abyss that exists is the demonic sphere of consciousness created by the erroneous ideas and beliefs of the collective ego.
You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want differences of opinion... constructively.
I had to start new, my ego told me that if past ever wanted me, I won't be calling it by that name.
It’s ego – the false self – that exalts the guru and declares the teaching sacred, but nothing is exalted or sacred, only true or not true.
The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow.
Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.
As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place.
What is it in you that brings you to a spiritual teacher in the first place? It's not the spirit in you, since that is already enlightened, and has no need to seek. No, it is the ego in you that brings you to a teacher.
But the star thing I can live with. The music I can't live without. And that's how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention.
The star thing I can live with. The music I can't live without. And that's how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention.
Usually, new producers and writers want to put their stamp on a show. They don't want to continue what's working. They want to reinvent the wheel. It's an ego thing.
Most of the people don't see a big success in life, because small successes ignites ego issues in them.
If you value your relationship or friendship, your ego won't stand in the way of a meaningful apology.
