Selfish Quotes

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We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature. — Yvon Chouinard
In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. — George Graham Vest
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes,… — Anne Frank
It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the… — Jane Austen
That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral. — Swami Vivekananda
The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy,… — Abraham Lincoln
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation.… — John Francis Hylan
Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow,… — Jean de la Bruyere
Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears. — Leigh Hunt
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows… — John Jay Chapman
If you tell people enough times that they are unhappy, incomplete, possibly insane and definitely selfish there is bound to come a grey morning when… — Sara Maitland
War has taught me that each one of us contains every ingredient of the human recipe. By varying measure we are all cowards and brave… — Eric L. Haney
It is something of a miracle that individual selfish decisions (in a market economy) must lead to a collectively efficient outcome. — Steven Landsburg
If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless good fortune. Such… — Richard Dawkins
I think [G.W.] Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth… — Harry Belafonte
But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
People think that you are a nasty, selfish person if you don`t want to have children. — Janeane Garofalo
I just love it so much [acting]. When I get passionate, Iâ€™ll give you everything until I collapse. Thatâ€™s not in any â€™Look at me,… — Ellen Page
Marriage is just an elaborate game that allows two selfish people to periodically feel that they're not. — Paul Reiser
Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure. — Sidney Poitier

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