My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.
In the past, I've been a selfish player. I'll definitely admit that.
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.
It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
My life, in some ways, has been a half-measure. I didn't commit myself all the way to my marriage and family, because I would have given up more. And I didn't go all the way with just being completely selfish. I always wonder where my career would be if I was more selfish.
I'm not selfish at all.
I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.
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