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Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

— Richard Dawkins

“there is a pressure for genes to be selfish, but in an enlightened way, to collaborate, coordinate, and play their small part in ensuring…

— Daniel Bor

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

— Jim Broadbent

Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing…

— Steven Pinker

“The gene is the basic unit of selfishness.”

— Richard Dawkins

Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything.

— Jane Goodall

Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that it means…

— Richard Dawkins

People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals who might…

— Richard Dawkins

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to,…

— Richard Dawkins

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our…

— William Wilberforce

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…

— Bryan Cranston