Sentence examples for large ego from inspiring English sources

Many who came in contact with Kroc over the years complained of his abrasive manner and large ego, but his insistence on absolute conformity to his ideas was largely the reason for the chain's success.

But it bristled with his large ego.

In both cases, she said, "a large ego is necessary".

Might Ned need outer space to accommodate his famously large ego?

In a small company, it's very hard to have a large ego.

Motivated seemingly in equal measure by a compulsion to serve and by a very large ego, he relishes the spotlight.

MANAGEMENT consultants used to be people with MBAs and large egos who wanted to reinvent General Electric.

As controversies — and any number of large egos — swirled around him, Mr. Todd maintained a reserved, flinty, no-nonsense demeanor.

But like many men with abundant power and large egos, Qianlong refused to take a final bow.

"They're both very smart individuals, they're both very capable individuals, and they're both individuals with very large egos," he said.

It was smart, knowledgeable, enjoyably gossipy and wonderfully literate — an oasis in what is often a desert of large egos and small thinking.