Maybe I’m too selfish to just be a producer. Also, I feel like I have something to say that’s interesting or unique.
I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and instead of being selfish with their career they’ll open up the door to other people. I’m in a position to open up the door to help other people do what I do.
Work, especially if you’re lucky in what you do, is one of the great pleasures of life, but – like all pleasures – it can become selfish.
I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it’s kind of selfish, I want a future audience.
I work very hard, but I also really enjoy time with my family as well. So I take everything as it comes, but I really am very selfish about my family time.
We’ve been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we’re conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that’s the right thing for society.
I am a great motivator. I have struggles in my life, and the only way I can push through them is to motivate others. It really is quite selfish.
I’m very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I’m an artist. I don’t try to revolt against anybody, and I don’t try to please anybody. I feel very strongly that I if love it, someone else will love it – not everybody, though.
When you’re dealing with the age of Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram, then everything becomes very selfish and cynical.
I am not selfish.
Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.
My cares come from a very selfish place ’cause in reality I’m young, and I haven’t had the experience to be mature yet.
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She’s selfish, she’s childish, she’s immature and because I’m doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.
I’ve been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it’s time to put my family first. It’s probably time to move on.
I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish.
Chaos does not unify. Chaos only serves the most extreme elements of society that seek to destabilize any semblance of order to fulfill their selfish lust for power.
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don’t really want to have an exception to that model. It’s much easier to say, ‘Yes, Whole Foods has been corrupted.’
I’m selfish.
Congressional opposition to immigration reform or emergency funds doesn’t stem from any philosophical objections or differences of principle. It stems from a calculated, petty, selfish rejection of anything Obama proposes.
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.
Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don’t know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
That’s why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.
Because I have been so pigheaded and so selfish about so many things for so many years, I’ve spent a lot of time being, like, ‘That person needs to change. This person needs to change.’
To think that the heritage of the West, including post-war liberalism, was a selfish, secular, practical arrangement of politics is a fiction.
In this sport if you want to win you need to be selfish, it is that kind of sport, even though it is a team sport you need to think about yourself.
I’m not selfish before a fight or afterwards, but for the time of the fight itself, I have to think totally of myself.
In the past, I’ve been a selfish player. I’ll definitely admit that.
When you’re competing, you need to be selfish. You need to think of yourself first.
I was raised on the brothers Grimm, but my favorite fairy tales in the world are Oscar Wilde’s – ‘The Nightingale and the Rose,’ ‘The Selfish Giant.’ The latter is probably my all-time favorite.
I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!
I’m not selfish.
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way.
As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway.
The reason I’m a writer is to understand other people and myself more. The reason I’m a writer is to dramatize stories about human beings so that it improves my life. So that’s a very selfish thing.
I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger than Alyssa Milano. Neither one of us should be centered in this work. This is about survivors.
The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.
On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity.
My co-stars call me selfish. They say, ‘You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.’ I reply, ‘I can’t help it; it’s what got me where I am.’
Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
My work requires acting at its most committed – it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn’t work for narcissistic or selfish actors.
I’m not a selfish player – never been a selfish player in my life. Always been about the team.
It is the liberal philosophy, not the conservative one, that views humans as selfish automatons.
I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.
Gu Jun Pyo and Kim Tan were both brought up in wealthy backgrounds, and Gu Jun Pyo is a selfish guy who only cares about himself. However, Kim Tan is a totally different person.
I’m happy to be selfish now. That’s the beauty of getting older.
I don’t I don’t really care what people expect me to do at these Games. It’s all about me. It might sound a little selfish, but it’s what I want to accomplish and reaching my potential. Everything else, everybody else’s opinion, they can kick rocks.
I know myself that we goalscorers are selfish and always thinking about our goalscoring ratio.
People say I’m selfish. There might be some truth to that.
Purely altruistic behavior is pretty much impossible because of the selfish pleasures we derive from it.
In conclusion, selfishness serves as a cautionary reminder of the potential harm that can arise from a focus solely on personal gain and disregard for others. As we reflect on these quotes, may we strive to cultivate selflessness, empathy, and compassion in our lives, recognizing the interconnectedness of all beings and the importance of fostering harmonious relationships. Let us seek to transcend selfish tendencies and embrace the transformative power of selflessness, for it is in acts of generosity and empathy that we find true fulfillment and contribute to the well-being of the world around us.
