Nothing's done well when it's done out of self-interest.

I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their…

— Chris Christie

Redtail was a brave warrior. His loyalty to ThunderClan could never be doubted. I always relied on his judgment, for it bore witness to…

— Erin Hunter

If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the…

— Oswald Chambers

When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse…

— William Shenstone

If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation…

— Karen Armstrong

A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen…

— Archibald Cox

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle…

— Shulamith Firestone

The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon…

— Walter Lippmann

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats…

— Nancy Gibbs

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or…

— Evan Bayh

Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not…

— Arthur Helps

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

— William Sloane Coffin

If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve known are…

— John Glenn

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Joining a band of brothers together, a group with one common interest or mission, whether as a company, a team, or a motorcycle club,…

— Sonny Barger