"Upbeat is for people who want to feel……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest of the altruistic scum of the earth. Why do these people want to feel good? They want to feel good in order to convince themselves that they are good."
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578 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we…
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The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic…
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— Theodore Beale
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A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various…
— Dalai Lama
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Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever…
— Ayn Rand
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The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish,…
— Richard J. Foster
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Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always…
— Dian Fossey
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— Karl Rahner
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— Robert A. Heinlein
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Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance --
— Robert A. Heinlein
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There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered,…
— Roger N. Walsh
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The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.
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