Selfish Quotes

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I look in a right of property - on the right of individuals, to have and to own, for their own separate and selfish use… — Thomas Hodgskin
America was built on rugged individualism, and today that has evolved into a culture of narcissism. But God didn't create you to live for you.… — Rick Warren
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish… — Chris Evert
The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish. — Swami Vivekananda
It may be a brief interruption - just a few seconds - but what if someone sitting near you is trying to make a decent… — Brad Pitt
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful… — George Graham Vest
I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and… — Katharine Hepburn
Count your blessings for selfish reasons! Psychological studies show that people who are aware of their blessings and feel grateful for them live longer than… — Gregg Easterbrook
Getting up for sadhana in the morning is a totally selfish act - for personal strength, for personal intuition, for personal sharpness, for personal discipline,… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Scientific and technological progress themselves are value-neutral. They are just very good at doing what they do. If you want to do selfish, greedy, intolerant… — Richard Dawkins
Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. — Michael Fox
Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What… — Peter Kreeft
The American people have no idea they are paying the bill. Â They know that someone is stealing their hubcaps, but they think it is… — G. Edward Griffin
We're a strange animal, so often destroying what we love for selfish ends, and yet tantalized by the sense that there are other choices if… — Roland Joffe
Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary. — David Sloan Wilson
The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout… — Mary McCarthy
Every selfish, sinful, or indulgent choice I make today is sowing a seed that will reap a multiplied harvest. And every act of obedience is… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Love, friendship, respect, admiration are the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the personal,… — Ayn Rand
It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the… — Alan Cohen
It's not about the fish; it's not about the pollution; it's not about the climate change. It's about us and our greed and our need… — Jeremy Jackson

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