“My message to the world is to surrender your ego: try not to think tha...” — Manal al-Sharif Quote

My message to the world is to surrender your ego: try not to think that you are not as fortunate as some people or inferior or not as good as someone else.

I measure the impact I make by how harsh the attacks are. The harsher the attacks, the better I am doing.

The Saudi ideal of a woman is a religious mother who rarely ventures out: She shouldn't work with men, she should be completely covered, and she shouldn't go out alone to run errands.

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.

I went to a technology conference in Germany, and there were these beautiful, model-like women standing there in front of the products. I asked a question, and she had no clue what the product was. She had to call someone from the back to explain it to me. To me, that's using a woman as an object. To me, that's totally wrong.

That connectivity with the audience that I get to enjoy, that's my church. It's not one of ego or anything like, 'I'm on the stage and the lights.' It's just this connectivity, and it's always been that way for me.

I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that.

I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.

I want to keep my head in the game, my ego low.

I have not changed much. I haven't gotten a big ego or anything.