#selfish

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. ↗

— David Brin

#america #been #before #being #bio

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#begins #decided #decisions #entirely #healthier

Our state is in crisis. Our people are hurting. Now is the time when we all must resist the traditional, selfish call to protect your own turf at the cost of our state. It is time to leave the corner, join the sacrifice, come to the center of the room and be part of the solution. ↗

— Chris Christie

#center #come #corner #cost #crisis

I know I have a successful career, a successful life. If I sit and say, 'Look, I have a comfortable life,' and I... just think about myself, I don't think that would be fair. That would be very selfish. Because everything I do in my life is to benefit my people. ↗

— George Weah

#because #benefit #career #comfortable #comfortable life

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully. ↗

— Fay Weldon

#being nice #bully #children #especially #generally

Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#only #real #real religion #religion #selfishness

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#afraid #am #because #being #decent

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

— Paul Giamatti

#crazy #find #fun #i #most

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#ceases #grave #itself #laugh #other

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

#because #destroying #force #know #making