Sentence examples for not selfless from inspiring English sources

"We should have been more selfish, not selfless," he said.

The defectors are not selfless — Mr. Zuma had ousted many of them from patronage jobs.

Mr. Zeltser's interest in the Bank of New York inquiry is not selfless.

In comparison to security issues, criticism premised on environmental protection begins to sound parochial and not selfless".

(A prophecy here of Cameron's "big society", surely: Maggie – rechristened Irina by her grateful clientele – is nothing if not selfless about rolling up her sleeves and lending a hand).

The central teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita, for example, is not "selfless... duty," which sounds like Protestant noblesse oblige, but the more demanding Hindu practice (yoga) of disinterested action, which requires renunciation of the fruits of any deed.

It wasn't selfless altruism, of course; it was farsighted, enlightened self-interest.

Sometimes the renunciation of family isn't selfless, but simply about freedom and, specifically, free love.

She isn't selfless – how could she be, this creative artist and complex individual, accustomed to her autonomy, to ambition and plans for a different future?

This isn't selfless volunteering, this volunteering comes with free cash.

His efforts are not entirely selfless.