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.

Billy Eichner

For some reasons, I have WWE wrestlers tweeting me all the time. Like, my biggest fans. Why they can connect with my love for Meryl Streep, I don't know.

Bobby Heenan

He's not pointing to anybody, he's showing off how high he can count!

Bobby Heenan

Oh, I knew he was gonna do that. I just knew he was gonna do that. He don't need Jannetty. I told you that off and on.

Bobby Heenan

Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire. They're a lovely twosome, or threesome, or foursome, or twenty-fifthsome.

Bobby Heenan

To Jim Duggan, taking a shower is a high risk maneuver.

Charlie Haas

My name is CHL. That's Charles Haas Layfield.

Charlie Haas

The Haas is here! And you can't see me!

Dwayne Johnson

The Rock has just one thing to say to you: poontang your ass on out of here!

Dwayne Johnson

'You can't see me'? What are you playing? Peekaboo?

Brian Hill

I think the way you survive as a teacher is that you teach the kids so damn well that they are going to do well on tests anyway.

Melody Strong

My mother didn't have any other options. But to be able to educate women now that there are options - damn it, I am going to work my hardest so that there aren't kids that go through what I went through, and grow up with so little self worth.

Melvin Spears

I don't give a damn what they do. My players' lives are more important than any damned football game.

John Tortorella

I don't give a damn about the Leafs. We're not going to look over our shoulder.

Alex Rodriguez

I don't know what it was. I couldn't see the damn thing. He had us all talking to ourselves, and nothing that was said was helpful.

Tom Izzo

But do I expect 18 and 10, 18 and 11? You're damn right I do. Paul's a big key to this stretch run.

Keith Jackson

I'm at a point in my life where I can't see as well, I can't hear as well and I damn sure can't run as fast. And you get tired after a while. I've been doing it for 53 years and I think that's long enough.

Joe Torre

Hernandez pitched one hell of a game. He's pretty damn good, that's for sure.

Bob Odom

If it's clean, I'll let it go, ... I'll renew (the ban) every damn month if I have to, I will do whatever I have to to protect the consumer.