I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses – being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly. – K. D. Lang
When you’re younger, you’re more selfish, because there’s so much self-exploration, you’re in your own mind. – Miley Cyrus
I don’t know if it’s ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there’s a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race. – Jessica Capshaw
I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests – let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means. – Janos Kadar
To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate. – Michael Jordan
Oh, I think I’ve been entirely selfish with my career. I’ve done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly. – Jim Broadbent
False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. – Joseph Franklin Rutherford
There’s a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles. – Katee Sackhoff
People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It’s very selfish, but it’s understandable. – Mick Jagger
‘Wild Hope’ just felt like such a selfish venture to me. It was a way for me to get out of my head, get some clarity on certain situations, and finally be a part of something that I was completely behind creatively and proud of. – Mandy Moore
To be honest, I think I’d become a bit selfish with memories of my father. I wanted to hug them close to me. – Jennifer Grant
What about feeling sorry for those who pay the taxes? Those who are people that no one feels sorry for. They are asked to give and give until they have no more to give. And when they say ‘enough,’ they are called selfish. – Rush Limbaugh
And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away. – Peter Sotos
I don’t actually think ‘The Selfish Gene’ is a very good title. I think that’s one of my worst titles. – Richard Dawkins
Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. – Richard Dawkins
My son’s the most precious thing to me; he’s changed me from being selfish to selfless. – Ricardo Antonio Chavira
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s. – Richard Whately
You know, we’re really destroying ourselves because we’re really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish. – Ralph Steadman
Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that’s crystal-clear. – Richard Dawkins
I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I’m more feisty, fiercely protective and less selfish. The main trait I want to instill in my kids is kindness. I think it’s the most important thing. If you’re kind, you’ll go a long way. – Rebecca Ferguson
In the original introduction to the word meme in the last chapter of ‘The Selfish Gene,’ I did actually use the metaphor of a ‘virus.’ So when anybody talks about something going viral on the Internet, that is exactly what a meme is, and it looks as though the word has been appropriated for a subset of that. – Richard Dawkins