Quotes About Self-preservation

I've already been eaten alive once on this trip. I'm not going to let that happen again.

Sauve qui peut.

But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world.

Ya??m ilerledikçe, daha ilerledikçe, pek çok ÅŸey yaÅŸayaca??m ve tekrar tekrar sert kayalara çarpaca??m. Tekrar tekrar yeniden ayaklar?m?n üzerinde duraca??m. YenilmeyeceÄŸim. BenliÄŸimin yok olmas?na izin vermeyeceÄŸim.

That is the way with all of your kind… It is how you are made; you must all strive to claw your way over the backs of your fellow humans during the short time you are permitted in the universe, breeding when you can, so that the strongest strain survive and the weakest die. I would no more blame you for that than I would try to convert some non-sentient carnivore to vegetarianism. You are all on your own side.

learned to keep my distance at an early age. A survival mechanism, you might say. I'm working on it, though. Another thirty years and I should about have it mastered.

Don't touch," she cautioned as she had before. She pulled her mind back down. "I'm fine.

Protecting yourself by stopping your own enthusiasm is unavoidable. No one can take endless doses of hurt. Unfortunately, stopping your enthusiasm can get to be a habit.

Sometimes a person needs to keep things to himself. You don't tell me everything and that's fine. We all need to keep some stuff locked away. If we didn't, we could end up getting hurt.

If you don't feel anything, you can't be hurt.

I have to stop getting shot

I try to stay out of her way. This is just something I do. I avoid her. [...] I don't want her to see me too often, to encounter me, to deal with me. Me, this walking, talking, living, breathing, eating, shitting, farting reminder of what she's had and what she's lost. [...] I don't linger in the house. I sleep in late, stay out late, keep my bedroom door closed when I'm home. I make myself invisible, intangible. It's easier for her, it's easier for me, just easier, period.

self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

I will receive no damage to my body that will be long-lasting for a small, insignificant amount of cash.

The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you!

I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.

I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.

We are not from this country, and people want to harm us. It's easier to hurt someone who is not from here than someone who is. People think we don't know what the laws are, and they try to hurt you. Many people want money. We have to take care of ourselves.

I would never do anything that would harm me, and I am totally against using any kind of resource, illicitly, to benefit myself in any way.

My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.

Anyone who has had their heart broken learns to keep a little safety area. Even now in my relationship, I have something I can call my own in case something goes wrong. You need a place to retreat to.

I'm a little bit tough because I can't afford to get my heart broken.

I always ask myself why old heavyweights come back, but I plan to stay out of the ring.