Selfish Quotes

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I had never confronted my parents with the true feelings I had for them, and I had certainly never expressed the depth of my feeling… — Brooke Hayward
Creativity is very selfish. Scandalously so, in fact. — Athol Fugard
Business is a very beautiful mechanism to solve problems, but we never use it for that purpose. We only use it to make money. It… — Muhammad Yunus
Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish. — Annie Besant
It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies. — Rose Kennedy
A lot of comedians are selfish. — J. B. Smoove
There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the… — P.J. O'Rourke
I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the… — Dalai Lama
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves… — Billy Graham
Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. — Richard Dawkins
I remember walking down the aisle, and I got down on my knees as a person who is so selfish, but when I rose back… — Tim Scott
As ecstatic as I was at the birth of my daughter, I felt selfish bringing her, and later my son, into our screwed-up world. — Jill Greenberg
Learning to not be selfish is what has changed in me the most since being married. — Blake Shelton
We are all prone to be a little selfish, a little lazy. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through… — Tom Cotton
My mum was critical in getting me to recognise very early on that although what I was doing was pretty serious, quite selfish, and probably… — Sebastian Coe
Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite. — Samuel Freeman Miller
Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity. — Douglas Leone
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. — Buddha
I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. — Barbra Streisand

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