Top 10 Selfish People Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

— Ayn Rand

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2. “When I say or do something I do it, I don’t give a damn what you think, I’m doing this for me...”

— Eminem

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

— Chanakya

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4. “I live for myself and answer to nobody.”

— Steve McQueen

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5. “My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”

— Ayn Rand

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6. “I refuse to apologize for my ability – I refuse to apologize for my success – I refuse to apologize for my money. If this is evil, make the most of it.”

— Ayn Rand

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7. “I’m not trying to make friends, I’m trying to make money.”

— Kevin O'Leary

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8. “Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.”

— Chanakya

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9. “This god, this one word: I.”

— Ayn Rand

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10. “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”

— Adam Smith

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11. “Winning is not enough. All others must lose.”

— Larry Ellison

12. “If my competitor were drowning I’d stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.”

— Ray Kroc

13. “I am a very selfish person.”

— Lara Flynn Boyle

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