We are fast approaching a situation in which nobody will believe anything we [physicists] say in any matter that touches upon our… — Leo Kadanoff Copy Share Image
I think that, too many times, business has been seen as acting in its narrow self-interest rather than, essentially, contributing more broadly… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
There are many ways to cover up our sin. We may justify or minimize it by blaming circumstances and others people. However,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Scientists have long known that Darwinism is false. They have adhered to the myth out of self-interest and a zealous desire to… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
When your time is GOOD Then your mistakes are taken as jokes But when your time is BAD then even your jokes… — Sheetal Soni Copy Share Image
Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The reason for forgiving your enemies is not for their benefit but for your own benefit. Holding grudges against other people doesn’t… — Brad Blanton Copy Share Image
Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“Show me a man who has no interest in his own good, and I'll show you a man who is not in… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
[University students] hated the hypocrisy of adult society, the rigidity of its political institutions, the impersonality of its bureaucracies. They sought to… — Muriel Beadle Copy Share Image
There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
The howl of self-interest is loud ... but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Since unhappiness excites interest, many, in order to render themselves interesting, feign unhappiness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins. — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Under a socialist system every nation will be the supreme arbiter of its own destinies, national and international; will be forced into… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
This is not to say that becoming a father automatically makes you a good father. Fatherhood, like marriage, is a constant struggle… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer Copy Share Image
Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image