Mortimer Adler Quotes

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

Mortimer Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1902 - June 28, 2001

Topics

GoodSelfishOthersConcerned

I'm completely dyslexic, so academia was never really my path.

Joe Anderson

PathNeverDyslexicAcademiaReally

I've always been a little high maintenance. I'm, like, upper-middle-class maintenance.

Anders Holm

MaintenanceAlwaysHighLittleBeen

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

Robert Orben

HappinessSmallDeskBigVery

Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, 'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the romantic lead - great! A comedy and that's what America wants. Then it did nothing for me and I went into kind-of a work abyss. I just didn't get another shot.

Matthew Lillard

WorkGreatRomanticMeComedyGo

I still get very emotional when a girl - 13 or 14 - comes up to me and says, 'Your videos really helped me.'

Anna Akana

GirlMeEmotionalUpVideosGet

People say to me 'You're a big Hollywood star', and I find it so funny. I still feel as though I'm the girl from Golders Green. I lead such a boring, normal life. I still go shopping in Sainsbury's. If the ability to do that was taken away from me, I'd go barmy. You lose your freedom. Be careful what you wish for.

Amanda Donohoe

LifeFunnyGirlFreedomPeopleMe

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

Tom Perez

WorkServiceImportantCivil Rights

I don't really invest too much in the future.

Luke Grimes

FutureToo MuchInvestMuchReally

Eighty percent of what everyone's talking about never happens. I don't mean in terms of product development that's happening right now, I'm talking about the far-flung visions of the future.

Jay Chiat

FutureTalkingNowDevelopmentNever

Engineers have shown to embody a tremendous amount of leadership skills through the collaborative educational environment.

Dinesh Paliwal

LeadershipEnvironmentEngineers

I have to think a thousand times before I speak. If I am myself and end up saying one wrong thing, there will be 1,000 negative tweets about me.

Disha Patani

MyselfI AmMeSayingNegativeEnd

If I wasn't making a movie, I was trying to master a new musical instrument or trying to teach myself how to shave with a straight razor. I had to find the weirdest things just to increase my understanding of other cultures or other arts or intellectual pursuits.

Chris Wood

MyselfUnderstandingTryingFindNew

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