David Seabury Quotes

Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.

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

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

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.

I think most people act in their self-interest.

He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

A friend advises in his interest, not yours.

Short-sighted is the philosophy which counts on selfishness as the master motive of human action.

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.

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

If I can do something about it and won't because I want to hog the limelight, then I really have no right to talk about women's empowerment.

In my experience, people looking for progress aren't actually looking to move things forward. They're looking to be perceived in a certain way: as a forward thinker. It's about vanity rather than any altruistic motives for the art.

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.

Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything.

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

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

I believe that the human motive to share is very powerful. The human motive to profit is also very powerful, and I think that the profit motive and the sharing motive are not exclusive.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.