"He has no ego, " says Tim Leiweke, chief executive of Anschutz Entertainment Group.

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We want people to see us as a place with smart people finding their way to the right ideas with no ego.

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Mr Biggs described his friend as "a people's person - no side, no ego, a fun-loving musician who couldn't get enough of life, who loved his family".

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Lehrer has no such ego in need of stroking.

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Each Asura is a genius in their own minds, and their ego knows no bounds.

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It is no longer about the ego.

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Mr Major, who possesses a formidable if fragile ego, sees no need to apologise.

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What some might have perceived as a deep inner hypersensitivity or vulnerability may have been no more than a swollen ego, in danger of imploding at the least pinprick.

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Those that are heroes, however, are caught up in the ego, convinced that without them no success can be achieved.

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Dickens would have no trouble recognizing our 150-plus years of progress in compartmentalizing, where commerce and ego now run on 24-7 overdrive.

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The Apollo program was a sort of collective ego boost for Americans, but again I would rank it as a sign of maturity that we no longer have need for hundred billion dollar self-esteem enhancements.

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