Angela McGowan Quotes

The majority of people call or message me because they need something or they want something. You never know what people's intentions are.

It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

A friend advises in his interest, not yours.

Hell hath no fury like a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle.

Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters, even that of disinterestedness

Men will always be powerfully influenced in their Opinions and Actions by what appears to be their particular Interest.

The common class of mankind are actuated by no nobler principle than that of self-interest; this and this alone determines all adventurers in privateers: the owners, as well as those whom they employ.

Philanthropy can have a very strong selfish component.

What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.

Beware of anyone who claims to be neutral, for they always have an agenda.

When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

No man will work for your interests unless they are his.

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

I think most people act in their self-interest.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.

vested interest

I don't for one second spend any time thinking about carefully ingratiating myself with someone for the future.

Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.

Now, I know a lot of things in the big man's world are not what they seem: a lot of people are out for themselves, and you can't always trust what someone says.