Selfish Quotes

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It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back. — Adrian Grenier
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. — William Cowper
We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's… — Bryan Cranston
I can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more people than not,… — Sloane Crosley
The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for… — Mark Cuban
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. — Richard Dawkins
From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of consideration for other… — Morarji Desai
Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your comments or your… — Lupe Fiasco
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. — Gustave Flaubert
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people. — Hugh Hefner
I know that sounds selfish, but you have to look at what it's doing to you personally - are you frustrated because of the way… — Shannon Hoon
Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. — Douglas Horton
I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was… — Hugh Jackman
People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you.… — Mick Jagger
To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to… — Michael Jordan
Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave. — Janos Kadar
Now is the one time in my life I can be 100% selfish. I'm not married; I don't have kids; I can focus on my… — Kim Kardashian
I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish? — Jack Kevorkian

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