Selfish Quotes

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man.

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

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 my room, doing bad things, whatever.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness.

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.

In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just can't give her that. So, rather than being selfish or stupid enough to go into a relationship, it's just been easier to be single.

I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.

Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.

I know that some of the spiritual beliefs that I have are that if I come from a place of love, and I try to get out of my ego and my desire to want more and be selfish in any shape or form, then whatever I'm doing is not good.

On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity.

I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.