Michael Schur Quotes

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.

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

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated—unfairly so in my opinion. … there's nothing wrong with avarice as a motive as long as it doesn't lead to dishonest … conduct.

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.

Not everybody's actions are based on ideas. Some people's actions are based on profit.

The basic thing is, people want to get paid, so they'll say the things that get them paid, in entertainment or politics.

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

I've been selfish over the years, and other people who have made it have too, but I can only speak for myself.

favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

People will love you and support you when it's beneficial.

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.

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

Of course we are doing this primarily for ourselves, but I know our fans dig most of it, too.

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

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

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

The very men to whom the whole country looks to set an example …to accept … the personal inconvenience, are doing exactly the reverse …. They are cackling like wet hens to hold their special privilege.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

Everybody has an agenda.

Most politicians make decisions based on their own best interest rather than the greater good.

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