47 Movie Quotes about Selfishness (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Jul 6, 2025

Memorable quotes about selfishness, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 Because the boss is a penny-pinchin' old crab. That's why.

George Jetson in The Jetsons

22 Don't feed the bears. Shee! How selfish can you get, yet?

Daws Butler as Yogi Bear in Yogi Bear

23 Gosh, you're right. I can't help thinking of only myself. I'm sorry.

Burt Ward as Robin in Batman (1966)

24 Are ya gonna be selfish? You gonna think of the world, or yourself? -Yes. I think the world o' myself.

Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show

25 The wretch, concentered all in self. Living, shall forfeit fair renown, and doubly dying, shall go down to the vile dust from whence he sprung. Unwept, unhonored and unsung. Sir Walter Scott.

Andie MacDowell as Rita Hanson in Groundhog Day

26 The woman was a wicked woman, and she was dead in her own life. Yea, Lord, dead in the selfishness of her spirit, and the man followed her.

Quote from I Walked with a Zombie

27 No. No, what I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna look out for myself, and I'm gonna get mine.

Wood Harris as Julius Campbell in Remember the Titans

28 It may mean the salvation of a civilization. -Their salvation doesn't interest me! Mine does.

Quote from When Worlds Collide (1951)

29 Love, love. You have to watch out for yourself. That's the way it is. I'm sorry.

Yvonne De Carlo as Anna in Criss Cross (1949)

30 Would you call me selfish? -No, not to your face. -Really?

Quote from Clueless (1995)