Consumption Quote by Robert Greene

Purely altruistic behavior is pretty much impossible because of the selfish pleasures we derive from it.

— Nicholas Kristof

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

— Ouida

“What we traditionally call ‘selfish tendencies’ is only a narrow interpretation of what self-serving behaviour entails, wherein human characteristics are perceived through the flawed…

— Athene's Theory of Everything

Our selfishness consumes us until the whole world is not enough.

— As I Lay Dying

Greed often finds more pleasure in taking from others than in giving to itself.

— Simon May

“The most important form of selfishness involves spending time on your fitness, eating right, pursuing your career, and still spending quality time with your…

— Scott Adams

“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal gain.”

— Adelyn Birch

To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content.

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something nourishing and delicious for the people you love?

— Michael Pollan

You can only hold on to something for so long and enjoy it just by yourself, what's the point? It's very selfish. For better…

— Frank Iero

“I have nothing to do with others, I am only concerned with myself. I take advantage of the fact that the majority of mankind…

— W. Somerset Maugham

There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered, happiness makes people less…

— Roger N. Walsh