We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. Mortimer Adler American Philosopher More Mortimer Adler Quotes 0
Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause. Fredrik Bajer Danish Writer More Fredrik Bajer Quotes 0
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 0
To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely. Willard Gaylin American Scientist More Willard Gaylin Quotes 0
What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic. Peter Hain British Politician More Peter Hain Quotes 0
The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. William James American Philosopher More William James Quotes 0
Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. Ella Maillart Swiss Writer More Ella Maillart Quotes 0
Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement. Grace Napolitano American Politician More Grace Napolitano Quotes 0
I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship. Helen Reddy Australian Actress More Helen Reddy Quotes 0
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages. Ferdinand de Saussure Swiss Educator More Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes 0
Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented. Philip Zimbardo American Psychologist More Philip Zimbardo Quotes 0
The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States. Carlos Alvarez More Carlos Alvarez Quotes 0
The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong. Fidel Castro Statesman More Fidel Castro Quotes 0
Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? Jean Anouilh French Playwright More Jean Anouilh Quotes 0
I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics. It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so. Edwin Armstrong American Inventor More Edwin Armstrong Quotes 0
My assignment was exclusively in the research field, and my first published paper, On the Optimal Use of Winds for Flight Planning, was the outgrowth of that work. Kenneth Joseph Arrow American Economist More Kenneth Joseph Arrow Quotes 0
I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests exclusively in companies in Thailand offers any great safety or diversification. Ron Chernow American Author More Ron Chernow Quotes 0
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals. Ron Chernow American Author More Ron Chernow Quotes 0
Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. Gilbert K. Chesterton English Writer More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 0
That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. William Blake English Poet More William Blake Quotes 0
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism. Samuel Taylor Coleridge English Poet More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes 0
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. Jacques Yves Cousteau French Explorer More Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes 0
Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People. Caleb Cushing American Diplomat More Caleb Cushing Quotes 0
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. Daniel Ellsberg American Celebrity More Daniel Ellsberg Quotes 0
I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish Politician More Recep Tayyip Erdogan Quotes 0