Julia Sawalha Quotes

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

I don't want to go around like some kind of bleeding giant or whatever, or thinking I'm a big deal, because it doesn't help you do your work. I think people like Hemingway got into an awful lot of trouble that way.

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders' growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.

Just being in the industry that I'm in, you get people building up your ego - 'Oh, you guys are the best, you guys are gods.' So I started believing the hype - 'Yes, I am a god!'

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar.

Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing.

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.

I just find there's nothing funnier and more scary than a delusional man who thinks they're the center of the universe, and in fact they're not.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

The guys who play at a high level probably think they are better than they are, and that's all right.