Quotes About Selfish

Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish reasons - they patronized art, literature, and music. But their worlds had to be overthrown by revolutions, because there was room in them only for themselves.

Of course, I could try IVF. But having watched my friend TV presenter Clare Nasir go through it, I know how tough the journey is. Emotional fool I may be, but even I can see that's too selfish a course of action to impose on my family.

I'm still pretty self-centered, greedy and angry.

Depending on who it is, but I can't stand men who brag about themselves, and all they do all day is talk about themselves.

To call myself a fighter is to be selfish at times. It makes me resent my opponent. That's motivation I can tap into.

Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.

Humanity Is A Plague. We're A Disgusting, Narcissistic, Selfish Parasite, And The World Would Be A Better Place Without Us.

There may be no more Sun Kings but there are still plenty of people who believe the sun revolves around them.

And I'd prefer you function the very best you can at that appointment. My interests are extremely selfish, no remissions permitted.

I have never liked cats, said Mrs. Gardner remotely. I love them, said Dorothy. They are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.

Lupita thought that people who didn't dance were selfish and lonely.

If anything, I would like to see the climate change happen, so the science could be proved right, regardless of the consequences. This isn't being political, it is being selfish.

Alas! the scientific conscience had got into the debasing company of money obligation and selfish respects.

And this is my most selfish thought, that if I lose the people I love what is left of my own life will consist only of grief.

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They seem a selfish, churlish, unsocial race, totally absorbed in making money; a mongrel breed, half-English, half-Dutch, with the worst qualities of both countries

When does a job feel meaningful? Whenever it allows us to generate delight or reduce suffering in others. Though we are often taught to think of ourselves as inherently selfish, the longing to act meaningfully in our work seems just as stubborn a part of our make-up as our appetite for status or money.

I think the need for reading boils down to one simple issue: children are selfish. Reading about other people creates a sense of balance in a child's life. It gives them the knowledge that there is a world outside themselves. It tells them that the language they are learning at home is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the greater world.

I am not kind. I am a selfish and sinful man, but God put his hands on me, that is all.

A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

and I was selfish and wrong not to ask about your family before. I was told I should, but I didn't listen. It's my fault." Marek shrugged. "Was not your fault. Was my privilege.

The Italians are responsible for Fiat, Ferrari, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Maserati and Pagani. It wouldn't seem so unfair if they weren't also really good at food, art and fashion. Selfish. That's what it is, it's selfish.

For so long Marianne and Albrecht and many of their friends had known Hitler was a lunatic, a leader whose lowbrow appeal to people's most selfish, self-pitying emotions and ignorance was an embarrassment for their country