48 Self-Interest Quotes for You to Enjoy

Children like their mothers especially to be standing still and watching them, even if they are sleeping. At least that's how I felt. There's nothing wrong with the self-interest of children; it's just the way they are. Jamaica Kincaid

Nothing Sleeping Way Wrong Like Felt Self-Interest How Mothers Least Still Just Children Them Standing Even Watching

Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest. James Carville

History Political Argument Stupid Own Despite Some Leaders Over Course Self-Interest Governments Times Contrary Done Against Regimes Even Things

Very few things in life are more fulfilling than being part of a team and knowing you're a part of something bigger than your own self-interest. Jason Kander

Life You Few Own Something More Part Knowing Self-Interest Very Than Few Things Being Bigger Fulfilling Your Team Things

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge. John Perry Barlow

You Ethics Will Believe Our Unlike We Cannot Physical Emerge Obtain Identities Self-Interest Governance Order Cannot Bodies Coercion Enlightened

While claiming advocacy, what hoaxers really exhibit is self-interest. Often, this is because there is only the self to support their false claims; any revelations merely provide further opportunities for details and forgery. Kevin Young

The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products. Maelle Gavet

President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government. Mark Udall

Service Faith Government Time Leadership Man Integrity People Country Nation Before Own Presidency President Our Crisis Restored Steady Impeccable Self He Put Heal Devoted Ford Self-Interest His Provided Decent Decent Man Interest Who Helped

A society that is all self-interest and no comradeship is not a society at all. But a society that is all comradeship and no self-interest is also not a society; it is a sect - or, on the largest scale, totalitarianism. Meir Soloveichik

Totalitarianism Society Scale Comradeship Also Self-Interest Largest

The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very dynamic free-market economy and limited government. People were out there pursuing their own self-interest and creating employment opportunities. Peter Schiff

Government Freedom Class People World Envy Opportunities Limited Government Own Out Economic Economic Freedom Pursuing Had Economy Employment Limited Self-Interest Were Very American Middle Middle Class Dynamic Creating Used

You remember France, it's the country that financed the American Revolution... OK, it was in their self-interest, but still, they made it happen. Let's face it: without the French, there would be no America... in other words, without them, there is no us. Richard Belzer

You Words Remember Made Face Country Revolution Other France Financed OK Would Would-Be French Without Self-Interest Still America American In Other Words Happen Them Us American Revolution

Police are supposed to protect and serve, but sadly, they protect their self-interest first and foremost. Seph Lawless

Police First Supposed Sadly Protect Self-Interest Foremost Serve

Even if a sense of honor and duty were not the primary motivating factors in the Warren Commission's work, simple self-interest would naturally have induced its members not to try to cover up the existence of a conspiracy if, in fact, they found one. Vincent Bugliosi

Work Simple Cover-Up Try Honor Conspiracy Duty Sense Members Would Fact Factors Primary Induced Self-Interest Cover Motivating Were Existence Up Commission In Fact Warren Naturally Even Found

Everybody’s always going to have some self-interest. When it passes a certain point, that’s when it become corruption. Zephyr Teachout

Corruption Become Some Point Self-Interest Always Passes Going Certain Certain Point

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Virtue Pretense Name Self-Interest Real Vices Serviceable

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