Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antonio Gramsci

It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself, a moral discipline that permits him to subordinate voluntarily his own selfish interest to the wider interests of the society in which he lives. The gentleman, therefore is a cultural person in the noblest sense of the word, if by culture we mean not simply wealth of intellectual knowledge but also the ability to fulfil one's duty and understand one's fellow man by respecting / every principle, every opinion, every faith that is sincerely professed.

Daniel Smith

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.

Thomas Szasz

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

Tanith Lee

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.

Sidney Poitier

Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.

Michael Fox

Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth.

Laura Lippman

stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

Lisa Kleypas

Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.

John Updike

The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience.

E. B. White

As long as this economic environment stays intact, the market can grind its way North. You pay a lot of attention to valuation and you have to keep your eye on the long term. If you have funds that you need in the short term, I think you probably need to take some money off the table.

Erik Cole

Actually, I'm not sure we're paying attention to that. I'm just paying attention to doing whatever it takes to help this team.

Jerry Morris

Safe workers are productive workers, better ensuring system reliability. Safety practices include not only attention to the personal safety of employees, but attention to the safe operation of the system. One of our primary goals is customer service excellence. Keeping employees safe and keeping our system safe enhance the service experience for our customers.

Tom Halbmaier

We're hitting shots and we're getting our confidence back. We just have to be able to pay attention to the little details. The last game and a half, that's what we've been doing minimizing our mistakes and making good shot selections.

Emraan Hashmi

I used to do films for money earlier. I never knew what perception meant. I didn't give too much attention to scripts. It was either to buy a house or to buy a car. There was a certain frivolity to the way I used to pick up things. I wasn't taking my career seriously.

Nicholas Burns

We very much hope that these sanctions will not be implemented bluntly in a way that would be damaging to the Iranian people, but it is going to be sanctions that will get the attention of the Iranian government.

Al Yankovic

I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.

Alan Greene

We want to bring to the attention of the government that the people are not very happy with the tax system on fuel in this country.

Michael Franc

There is a sense this year that anything is possible, that they have the rapt attention of the leadership.