Famous Quotes & Sayings

Reinhold Niebuhr

Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses.

Woodrow Wilson

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.

Woodrow Wilson

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

River Phoenix

We take these animals and completely violate who they are. We use them, abuse them, and deprive them all their lives…then we cut their throats, shred them and eat them! Morally, I’m against it, ethically, I can’t justify it, and ecologically, it’s just insane. The thought of meat-eating makes me shudder. As far as wearing fur is concerned, it is the rudest, most inconsiderate, selfish and sick façade I can imagine.

Richard Pryor

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

Tupac Shakur

We look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that?

Tracy McGrady

There's nothing about me that's selfish.

Richard Dawkins

Human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution.

Sarah Mlynowski

Why do you think people cheat?," I asked. "Because they're bored? Because they can? Because they're selfish and think they're entitled to anything they want? Because they don't think they'll get caught?

Ben Chandler

I think it can be a distraction to the player being recruited and the team, if it's something the team is not used to, ... Around Loomis, little old Loomis, it's a little crazy.

Charlie Coe

He'll be a player for us. He's a young guy, so we'll have to get him in here and see how he does. But with our situation, he'll have a shot.

Steve Hutchinson

What else is he supposed to say, 'We're going to try and lose? Every player is supposed to think his team is going to win.

Steve Shingledecker

I think it's so well deserving. From his sophomore year to his senior year, the work he put in to become an all-state player is tremendous.

Paul Mara

He was on his back and I don't even think he saw where the puck was and he took a swipe at it. That's why he is one of the premier players in the league.

Ken Hitchcock

He's a young player in his first series. He got welcomed in a big way. He'll be back.

Tim Ruskell

He is a selfless player who understands what it takes to win in this league.

Floyd Reese

He may round out into a player and end up playing for 10 years, and that could make us look pretty dumb,

Ron Atkinson

He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.

Chris Young

He could start for any team in the Blue Ridge, River Ridge or Seminole that I've seen.

Don Lucia

He'll also get some time on the blue line.

Aaron Hill

I think we had more Blue Jays fans than Yankees fans. I think we can compete with everybody.

David Ansen

He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, we know about the blue eyes (which happen to be colorblind).

Wallace Stevens

The heavy trees, The grunting, shuffling branches, the robust, The nocturnal, the antique, the blue-green pines Deepen the feelings to inhuman depths.

Vincent Tan

In Asia, red is the colour of joy; red is the colour of festivities and of celebration. In Chinese culture, blue is the colour of mourning.

Vincent Van Gogh

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

Rodman Philbrick

Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blue sky." "You're zoomed." "You ever eat blue sky?" "No," I admit. "Try it sometime," she says. "It's apple-flavored.

Zora Neale Hurston

..she began to stand around the gate and expect things. What things? She didn't know exactly. Her breath was gusty and short. She knew things that nobody ever told her. For instance, the words of the trees and the wind. .. She knew the world was a stallion rolling in the blue pasture of ether. She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up. It was wonderful to see it take form with the sun and emerge from the gray dust of its making.