Selfish Quotes

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I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for… — Ryan Gosling
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in… — Elton John
You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way — Sarah Brightman
We take these animals and completely violate who they are. We use them, abuse them, and deprive them all their livesâ€¦then we cut their throats,… — River Phoenix
Sometimes you have to be selfish to get what you want and move forward in life. — Kristen Stewart
My hero is me. Why? Because I was a poor little kid who was told, `Hey stupid, can`t you speak English?` Now all those people… — Gene Simmons
Love is not selfish or unkind. Nor is it boastful or disloyal. Love is simply a deep feeling found within the heart that money cannot… — April Haney
Anorexia taught me to love life and to realise that starving yourself to death is a bloody waste of time. It's awful and it hurts… — Celia Imrie
People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway. — Mother Teresa
Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the… — William Clark
Atheists anger doesn't prove that we're selfish, or joyless, or miserable. It shows that we have compassion, and a sense of justice. We're angry because… — Greta Christina
There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it… — William Hazlitt
All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle,… — Richard Bach
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Poets seem to write more easily about love than prose writers. For a start, they own that flexible â€˜Iâ€™â€¦. Then again, poets seem able to… — Julian Barnes
If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because… — Karl Marx
Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of… — Thucydides
It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase… — John von Neumann

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