Selfishness quotes

“The selfish man is like a mangy dog chasing a cautionary tale.”
Jane Lynch - Calhoun

“- Agamemnon: Hector fights for his country! Achilles fights only for himself!
- Odysseus: I don't care about the man's allegiance, I care about his ability to win battles!”
Brian Cox - Agamemnon
Sean Bean - Odysseus

“- Tom Ludlow: Everyone's out for theirs. The way of the world.
- Fremont: Cops are like weeds. You pull one out, and two more fucking grow back.”
Keanu Reeves - Tom Ludlow
Cle Sloan - Fremont

“- Al Rockoff: It bothers me that you let Pran stay in Cambodia because you wanted to win that fucking award and you knew you needed him!
- Sydney Schanberg: I had no idea that...
- Al Rockoff: The fuck you didn't! The fuck you didn't!”
John Malkovich - Al Rockoff
Sam Waterston - Sydney Schanberg

“- Julian Marshall: Watch your tempo!
- Ruby Sinclair: Watch your ego!”
Rick Valenzuela - Julian Marshall
Vanessa Williams - Ruby Sinclair

“The human race is outta gas. It's circling the drain. It's finished! The only thing that matters is grabbing whatcha can before somebody else beats ya to it.”

Bill Pullman - Capt. Joseph Korso

“Everything on this island belonged to me. Everything belongs to me... for as long as I live.”

Peter Lorre - Stephen Danel

“I think the wife and me are splitting up. Her point is that were both kind of selfish and unrealistic, so we're not really good for each other.”
Nicolas Cage - H.I. McDunnough

“- Brown Cesario: What happened to the kid who just loved music?
- Shane Gray: He grew up!
- Brown Cesario: Big whoop! Stop acting like it's all about you.”
Daniel Fathers - Brown Cesario
Joe Jonas - Shane Gray

“To be an actor it is essential to be an egomaniac; otherwise it just doens't work.”
David Niven

“No one ever told him, that he was not a king.”
Jason Flemyng - Henry Creedlow

“I'm my own bitch now!”
Charlize Theron - Lorraine Broughton

“- Margaret Tate: Why didn't you tell me you were some kind of Alaskan Kennedy?
- Andrew Paxton: How could I? We were in the middle of talking about you, for the last three years.”
Sandra Bullock - Margaret Tate
Ryan Reynolds - Andrew Paxton

“Just because you got the bacon, lettuce, and tomato don't mean I'm gonna give you my toast.”
Anthony Anderson - Key

“Oh, everyone, it's my birthday! Time to pay attention to me!”
Macaulay Culkin - Michael Alig

“I will always protect you because you are my son. And a son always protects his father.”
Idris Elba - Commandant

“I’m thinking past the point of my own selfish little existence now, okay? We’re both pretty damn sure what we saw him dump down that pipe, right?”

Justin Long - Darry

“- Diego: Why did you do that? You could've died trying to save me.
- Manny: That's what you do in a herd: you look out for each other.”
Denis Colin Leary - Diego
Ray Romano - Manny

“You're such a hypocrite. You're not interested in me. You come in here, it's all about you and you getting your story. I trusted you. You're my friend! You were supposed to be my friend anyway.”

Ben Affleck - Stephen Collins

“- Jean Maitland: I think it's very unselfish of those little animals to give up their lives to keep other animals warm.
- Linda Shaw: You know, they're very smart little animals. They never give up their lives for the wrong people.”
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland
Gail Patrick - Linda Shaw

“You want to feel sorry for yourself, don’t you? With so much at stake, all you can think of is your own feelings. One woman has hurt you, and you take your revenge on the rest of the world. You’re a coward and a weakling.”

Ingrid Bergman - Ilsa Lund

“Here is the story of my career... here is the story, of my career... my brilliant career. I make no apology for being egotistical... because I am!”
Judy Davis - Sybylla Melvyn

Man, you should see this song I'm listening to. It's called "Don't Bogart That Joint, My Friend”.
Jon Abrahams - Drugs Delaney

“People don't share champagne.”
Alexander Skarsgård - Benji

“Once upon a time, in a magical kingdom known as Andalasia, there lived an evil queen. Selfish and cruel,
she lived in fear that one day her stepson would marry and she would lose her throne forever.
And so she did all in her power to prevent the prince from ever meeting the one special maiden with whom he would share true love's kiss.”
Julie Andrews - Narrator