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selfish easier duty
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. Thomas Szasz
selfish writing selfishness
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. Tanith Lee
selfish insecure way
Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure. Sidney Poitier
selfish animal men
Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. Michael Fox
selfishness size stinginess
stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing. Laura Lippman
selfish peacock
Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie. Lisa Kleypas
selfish light opposites
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. John Updike
selfish concerned
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. Mortimer Adler
selfishness charity doe
Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it. Mason Cooley
expectations heaven earth
What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven. Chuck Palahniuk
expectations firsts causes
When you're given something new, it's always exciting 'cause you're the first one to do it. You're not having to live up to any expectations, or be compared to anyone who's ever done it before. Anna Friel
expectations outlook forbidden
prospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden. Ambrose Bierce
expectations
I don't like expectations. Rashida Jones
expectations way demand
Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round. Steven Erikson
expectations world want
I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly. Tom Hanks
expectations letters envelopes
Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope. Shana Alexander
expectations mind way
If I fulfill YOUR expectations, how am I going to transform you? I have to DESTROY your expectations. I have to destroy the very mind that creates those expectations. If you come to me, never come with expectations, otherwise you will be disappointed - because I have no obligation to fulfill your expectations in any way. In fact, if I see that there are some expectations, I do things DELIBERATELY to destroy those expectations. That is the price you have to pay to be with me. Rajneesh
expectations challenges satisfaction
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. Kingman Brewster, Jr.
sake culture aim
Culture is the one thing that we cannot deliberately aim at. It is the product of a variety of more or less harmonious activities, each pursued for its own sake. T. S. Eliot
sake fiction not-interested
To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I'm not interested in experiments for their own sake. Steve Erickson
sake more-money not-interested
I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. Kevin Whately
sake language
I have never designed a language for its own sake. Niklaus Wirth
sake
We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves. Shunryu Suzuki
sake done nudity
It didn't bother me in the slightest and I'm someone who's never done that sort of thing before on stage or screen. It was just a device for her; it wasn't nudity for nudity's sake. Lara Pulver
sake should profit
Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit. Paolo Bacigalupi
sake weekdays sabbath
The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living. Abraham Joshua Heschel
sake
We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class. Clara Zetkin