Edie Sedgwick Quotes

I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.

If you love friends, you will serve your friends. If you love community, you will serve your community. If you love money, you will serve your money. And if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself. And you will have only yourself.

It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.

I am a very selfish person.

It's never been about making money.

Remember the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves

That what appears to be egoism so often isn't.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

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

It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice.

A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

Everybody has an agenda.

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.

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

I've had teammates that are mirror guys. While they want to win, what they're really concerned about is themselves. In a win, they could be upset. In a loss, they could be happy. All that mattered was their own success. Window people, on the other hand, measure success by the contribution they make into the lives of others.

Philanthropy can have a very strong selfish component.

It's good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it's not helping other people, then don't do it.

People say I'm selfish. There might be some truth to that.