Selfish

Famous quotes containing the word selfish:

“A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)