Gore Vidal Quotes About Altruism

Quotes about: Altruism

• A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

  Gore Vidal

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Cynicism

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Dec 08, 2011

• A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective is often applied to those "liberals" who prefer to improve the lives of others rather than exploit them. Apparently, a concern for others is self-love at its least attractive, while greed is now a sign of the hightest altruism. But then to reverse, periodically, the meanings of words is a very small price to pay for our vast freedom not only to conform but to consume.

  Gore Vidal

  Self, Concern For Others, Greed

  "Screening History (Growing Up With Gore Vidal)". Book by Gore Vidal (p. 24), 1994.

• Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred.

  Gore Vidal

  Acne, Phases, Altruism

  Gore Vidal (2007). “Point to Point Navigation”, p.27, Vintage

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