“Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. Individuals have morals. Mobs have appetites.” NeedsSaidIndividualDarkMoralWillingMoralitySurvivalSpeciesSelfishAppetite Book:Total Eclipse Source: Total Eclipse
“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.” StillsScienceKnownEvolutionSurvivalMachinesSelfishPreservesGenesVehicleRobotsGeneticsMoleculesAstonishmentSelfish Gene Author:Richard Dawkins
“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.” Life IsTerribleSurvivalEmpathyHungerSelfishThreatened Book:Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition
“Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail to do so will slowly perish. . . . There must be re-education of the will and of the heart as well as of the intellect; and the ideals of service must supplant those of selfishness and greed.” WorldWellsHeartProblemScienceNationsCausesFailingHolySurvivalIdealsGreedIntellectSelfishChiefsSelfishnessSelfishness And Greed Author:G. Stanley Hall
“Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival of the fittest and most selfish.” ConflictSurvivalRemainsSelfishLoyaltyExceptionAltruismPuzzlesSurvival Of The Fittest Author:Peter Birks
“When one becomes a liberal, he or she pretends to advocate tolerance, equality and peace, but hilariously, they’re doing so for purely selfish reasons. It’s the human equivalent of a puppy dog’s face: an evolutionary tool designed to enhance survival, reproductive value and status. In short, liberalism is based on one central desire: to look cool in front of others in order to get love. Preaching tolerance makes you look cooler, than saying something like, 'please lower my taxes.'” HumansLooksReasonFacesDesireValuesOrderDogFrontsPleaseTaxesSurvivalToolsSelfishToleranceLiberalismPreachingPuppyPuppy DogSelfish Reasons Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. But our genetic code still carries the selfish and aggressive instincts that were of survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long term survival, is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.” YearsLongStillsEnoughUseEarthPastNextDifficultTermChanceAbilitySpaceMillionsEnvironmentGrowingPlanetsThousandSurvivalHundredResourcesAdvantageInstinctIllPopulationSpreadSelfishDisasterCodeLong TermCarrieAggressiveInwardFinitePlanet EarthAbility To Change Author:Stephen Hawking