Quotes About Selfishness

Es la risita adquisitiva; es la risita del hombre que acaba de obtener algo que deseaba ardientemente a expensas de algún otro. Relatos de los Viudas Negras (Kindle Location 215). LeLibros. Kindle Edition.

Enlightened self-interest' they call it.

Cada uno quiere gran dosis de igualdad para sí..., pero no tanta para los demás». [Hacia la Fundación]

Someone like him who thought more about himself than he did his community, had no place in the tribe. Individualism was thought to be a form of madness, like being possessed by a demon.

We have something weird in our brains, a sort of tumor that propels us toward love. We can't live without it. Out of love we put up with children and men. Our self-denial is a form of servitude. Have you noticed that individualism and selfishness are considered positive traits in men and defects in women? We

It means zero to be against greed.

For some people, success is a zero sum game. They think that if they push other people out of the way, fewer people can compete with them. That's one way of seeing the world. It's dog eat dog. It's, sadly, always going to be there.

The Trumps have spent exactly zero percent of their lives caring about anyone other than themselves.

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him ain't listening.

Ambition destroys its possessor.

Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value - and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

Men hesitate less to injure a man who makes himself loved than to injure one who makes himself feared, for their love is held by a chain of obligation which, because of men's wickedness, is broken on every occasion for the sake of selfish profit; but their fear is secured by a dread of punishment.

Even were a cook to cook a fly, he would keep the breast for himself.

This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one, instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

He who is greedy is always in want.

Greed lessens what is gathered.

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

This is true joy of life-being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Self-love and the love of the world constitute hell.

There ain't nothing but one thing wrong with every one of us, and that's selfishness.

It is no good to think that other people are out to serve our interests.

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.