“It's human; we all put self interest first.”

“Ah, self-interest at last. Despite all of our differences, of race and time and distance, we achieve commonality. I understand self-interest.”

“We must forget ourselves and all self-interest, and listen, and be attentive to God.”

“When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.”

“Montaigne [puts] not self-satisfied understanding but a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence.”

“Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable.”

“Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.”

“Scientists have long known that Darwinism is false. They have adhered to the myth out of self-interest and a zealous desire to put down God.”

“The only disadvantage of life is to come in contact with someone who does not know when and how to put their self-interest behind the closed doors.”

“It is in everyone’s best interest to realize and remember that the default human way is to believe first and ask questions never. We become better thinkers by recognizing how poor we are at thinking.”