Selfish Quotes

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I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem? — Neil Gaiman
Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you."… — Margaret Mitchell
It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours." "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have… — Diana Wynne Jones
Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself. — Ramakrishna
Iâ€™m an egotist, but Iâ€™m not selfish. Thereâ€™s a difference. Iâ€™m a neurotic, I guess. I canâ€™t stop thinking about myself. It isnâ€™t that I… — Henry Miller
Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu. "I… — Orson Scott Card
...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick — Jeanne Birdsall
Is this what you have in mind,' I asked the Dalai Lama, 'when you say in teachings that the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the world… — Dalai Lama
For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now… — Amy Tan
There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the… — Libba Bray
Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. — Graham Greene
Although the human heart is selfish and arrogant, so many struggle against their selfishness and learn humility; because of them, as long as there is… — Dean Koontz
All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one. — Shulamith Firestone
You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish. How jealous I am you cannot know.… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish… — James M. Barrie
A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns… — C.S. Lewis
You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher,… — Agatha Christie
I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and… — W. Somerset Maugham

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