Famous Quotes & Sayings

B. F. Skinner

I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought!

Bill Crawford

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

C. S. Lewis

If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit.

C. S. Lewis

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish or even false. And how terrible that there should be even a kind of pleasure in thinking evil.

Cecelia Ahern

Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, he’s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the wrong things at all the wrong times, but behind closed doors he’s a best friend. I understand that he has idiotic tendencies and I can still love him for it. He may not be someone that you feel comfortable sitting next to at a dinner party but for me, he’s someone that I feel comfortable sharing my life with.

Art Alexakis

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

Fred Funk

For selfish reasons, I really wish we were having a weak field, so I would have a better chance.

Anton LaVey

Satanism represents a form of controlled selfishness.

Charles Jencks

Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: 'Big Bang,' 'selfish gene' and so on. Richard Dawkins' selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the 'altruistic gene,' but he'd never have sold as many books with a title like that.

Virgil Virgil

Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief.

Barry Manilow

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right. I am totally committed to my music and my fans.

Berthe Morisot

In love, there's sentiment and passion; I know only sentiment through myself, passion through others. I hear certain voices I know say: sentiment=love of the intellect; I can answer: passion=the love of the body.

C. S. Lewis

Afflictions are... if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ

C. S. Lewis

And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can’t give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys the capacity.

Carrie Brownstein

What I value most in new music is strangeness, oddity. Passion. And humor. I listen to a lot of hip-hop because it combines so many things like that.

Carrie Fisher

I rarely cry. I save my feelings up inside me like I have something more specific in mind for them. I am waiting for the exact perfect situationand then BOOM! I'll explode in a light show of feeling and emotion - a pinata stuffed with tender nuances and pent-up passions

Carl Sagan

My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence are provided by such a god. We would be unappreciative of those gifts (as well as unable to take such a course of action) if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves. On the other hand, if such a traditional god does not exist, our curiosity and our intelligence are the essential tools for managing our survival. In either case, the enterprise of knowledge is consistent with both science and religion, and is essential for the welfare of the human species.

Bethany Hamilton

Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it’s my passion, my love and it’s a part of me,

Jim Crawley

Our QB has finally found a comfort level running the option. He's a great athlete. Passing game, we still have a ways to go, but we did see a positive in there with the touchdown pass.

Jim Crawley

Our QB has finally found a comfort level running the option, ... He's a great athlete. Passing game, we still have a ways to go, but we did see a positive in there with the touchdown pass.

Carmen Velasquez

Patients find respect and a comfort level here. The majority of people who come here really struggle with just life. Imagine what it's like to be tense all the time worrying about everything constantly.

David Carlson

Part of the reason scientists stay in the comfort zone is that they can always say: well we dont know enough,

David Carlson

Part of the reason scientists stay in the comfort zone is that they can always say: well we dont know enough,

John Stewart

Our objective here is to create a system that will give comfort and confidence to our customers and, frankly, if we had the system in place and we do in fact find a case, that's exactly what the program was intended to do -- keep that out of the food supply.

John Tory

People in communities in the north are losing their jobs and this announcement will be little comfort to them,

Leonard Mlodinow

People intuitively realize that there is strength in numbers and take comfort in the company of others, especially in times of anxiety or need.

Bob Evans

Our volunteers are truly a priceless resource. These ambassadors in pink are an essential part of our healthcare organization, as they provide services that focus on the comfort and needs of our patients and other guests.