Quotes of: Being-selfish Keyword

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Napoleon Hill

There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.

Kris Kristofferson

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

Jessica Lange

...the human animal is a selfish beast...

Tennessee Williams

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

William E. Gladstone

People pontificate, "Suicide is selfishness." Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living. Oafs argue this specious line for varying reason: to evade fingers of blame, to impress one's audience with one'...

Cloud Atlas

A poem isn't selfish. It speaks to people.

Crossing to Safety

I can't tell if wanting you is selfish or stupid.

Emotionally Compromised

It is impossible to be both selfish and happy

Any Minute

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

The Three Musketeers

I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.

Natasha Richardson

I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.

Paul Giamatti

Helpful is happy. Selfish is sad. (It's not uncommon to confuse the two.)

Richelle E. Goodrich

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

Melanie Roach

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Jane Austen

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.

Clara Barton

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Richard Whately

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

Stefan Sagmeister

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

Andrew Jackson

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Honore de Balzac

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

Jose Mourinho