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Quotes About Selfishness

Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
~ Lord Chesterfield
Grief made you selfish; engulfed as you were in your own pain, it was hard to remember the others were suffering too.
~ Jill Mansell
Vanity, thy name is vampire.
~ Jim Butcher
Politics is the purview of scoundrels, tyrants, and fools.
~ Jim Butcher
People still mourn when people die. That's self-sympathy. All human beings are selfish to a certain extent, and that's why people get so sad when someone dies. They haven't finished using him. The person who is dead ain't crying. Sadness is for when a baby is born into this heavy world, and joy should be exhibited at someone's death because they are going on to something more permanent and infinitely better.
~ Jimi Hendrix
Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you.
~ Jodi Picoult
There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable.
~ Jodi Picoult
Every loss I took in life happened because I was looking out for ungrateful selfish people before myself.
~ Unknown
Broke off a friendship yesterday, because after loving someone for so long it's so sad to be smacked in the face with their selfishness...
~ Unknown
Hey! Quit hogging all the ugly!
~ Unknown
I am a very bad person. I am incapable of pleasing others and honestly I dont care.
~ Unknown
I am a bad person because people mean nothing to me. I have no attachments to anyone therefore I do not care for anyone.
~ Unknown
Thanks for being selfish, I'm disappointed but I will hide it FOR YOU :) thanks for make me cry.
~ Unknown
Only wanna see me when you 'need' someone and its convenient for you? That aint a friendship, thats just you being selfish.
~ Unknown
Shame on me for always being selfish, the feeling is never returned.
~ Unknown
Spoiling yourself is what you call being selfish.
~ Unknown
Really annoyed with one friend in particular for being very selfish but when she needs me, she expects me to be there for her!
~ Unknown
Sorry for being selfish. I'll try to make it mine. And no matter what they say, I don't care.
~ Unknown
Been accustomed to being selfish...Trying to be a little less each day...Making progress.
~ Unknown
Working hard for yourself & being selfish are different situations.
~ Unknown
I'm sorry for being selfish that I want to keep you for myself only..
~ Unknown
When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.
~ John Ruskin
Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If you've chosen egocentricity for your career path than you've chosen to live with the illusion that your surroundings will serve you continuously.
~ Unknown