Self Centered People Quotes:

There are people so blind and self-absorbed in all matters that they always believe that, whatever they desire or think, they can impose their will on other people. Whatever bad reason they use to persuade others, these self-centered people are so caught up in the process that it seems to them all they have to do is to speak their wishes in a lofty and commanding tone of voice in order to convince everybody.

- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

topic: Believe, Thinking, Self, Self Centered, Self Centered People

Progressive liberals seem incapable of stating the obvious truth: that we who are well off should be willing to share more of what we have with poor people not for the poor people's sake but for our own; i.e., we should share what we have in order to become less narrow and frightened and lonely and self-centered people.

- David Foster Wallace

source: David Foster Wallace (2005). “Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays”, p.66, Hachette UK

topic: Lonely, Self, Order, Stating The Obvious, Self Centered People

Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper.

- Kazuo Inamori

topic: Business, Opportunity, Thinking, Storekeeper, Self Centered People

Love or affection towards an individual or nation, is indicated by good action snot merely be words. The adoration towards nation is expressed by works of welfare equally done by the ruler and theruled. The ruler himself must be engatged, in welfare of th country and also should select officials examining their involvement with the public god. Self-centered people greedy of the power should be kept away

- Chanakya

topic: Country, Self, People, Self Centered People

Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.

- John C. Maxwell

source: Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

topic: Self, People, Vision, Self Centered People, Self Destruct

It was about the compelling need to make countries get along to prevent war, in contrast with the totally petty and selfish bullshit that drives the individuals who are supposedly in charge of these countries. It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment.

- Jay Roach

source: Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

topic: Country, Selfish, War, Self Centered People

It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment. Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance. It was definitely tapping into the Dr. Strangelove vibe, which is one of my three top favorite films or all time.

- Jay Roach

source: Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

topic: Revenge, War, Believe, Modern War, Tapping