Quotes tagged ‘selfishness’

(42 total)

“Trump now means greed, selfishness and ugly. So sad.”

“People inflict pain on others in their selfish pursuit of happiness and satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a sense of universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”

— Dalai Lama, twitter.com

“That’s what villains do. They make themselves happy at the expense of others. But it just makes them more unhappy.”

— Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Mary Margaret Blanchard, Ginnifer Goodwin, imdb.com

“Some people are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.”

— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com

“We both know when you want something, your family doesn't matter. No one matters but you.”

— Courtney A. Kemp, Jeff Dix, Angela Valdes, Lela Loren, imdb.com

“That reminds me of a prayer I said every night as a kid: I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I wake, I pray that all my toys should break. So my fucking brother and sister can't play with 'em.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

“We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

“Joey doesn’t share food!”

— Scott Silveri, Joey Tribbiani, Matt LeBlanc, imdb.com

“I was...I am disgusted by the selfish brutality of the world, but at the same time I am utterly fascinated by it. The FBI is the perfect place for that kind of contradiction.”

— Kyle Bradstreet, Dominique DiPierro, Grace Gummer, imdb.com

“The world does not revolve around your pain.”

— Alena Smith, David Henry Hwang, Luisa Leon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, imdb.com

“I sat in this hole for thousands of years, thinking of nothing but redemption, of reclaiming my good name. I thought of nobody, no cause, other than my own.”

— Jeremy Carver, Gadreel, Tahmoh Penikett, imdb.com

“You're a hypocrite, Dean. How did you feel when Dad sold his soul for you? 'Cause I was there. I remember. You were twisted and broken. And now you go and do the same thing...to me. What you did was selfish.”

— Eric Kripke, Sam Winchester, Jared Padalecki, imdb.com

“There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress, as well as others, than I had any conception [of], before I became President of the U.S.”

— James K. Polk, en.wikiquote.org

“Ladies and gentlemen, last year, our City Council by a vote of twelve to two, passed a Good Samaritan Law. Now, essentially, we made it a crime to ignore a fellow human being in trouble. Now this group from New York not only ignored, but, as we will prove, they actually mocked the victim as he was b…”

— Larry David, District Attorney Hoyt, James Rebhorn, imdb.com

“Why does everything have to be 'us'? Is there no 'me' left? Why can't there be some things just for me? Is that so selfish?”

— Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“Ask not what I can do for you—ask what you can do for me.”

— Larry Charles, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“You know the way I am—rarely ever thinking of myself. My only concern is the welfare and happiness of those close to me. Sure, it hurts sometimes—to give, and give, and give.”

— Peter Mehlman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the…”

— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com

“I’m looking for selfishness. Perfect selfishness. Like, say I tell you I want to eat strawberry shortcake. And you stop everything you’re doing and run out and buy it for me. And you come back out of breath and get down on your knees and hold this strawberry shortcake out to me. And I say I don’t wa…”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com