Predominant 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.
Tags: Good, Others, Selfish ✍ Author: Mortimer AdlerIn a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
Tags: Majority, Power, Rule ✍ Author: Winston ChurchillIt is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen.
Tags: Process, Though, Values ✍ Author: Atom EgoyanI do understand that America is a predominantly Christian country. A lot of morals and values are based in Christianity as opposed to Buddhism, which it's not, or Judaism, which it's not, or Islam, which it's definitely not. So I'm not going to lie to myself and just be like, 'Well you know, everybody's equal.' Because we're not.
Tags: Country, Islam, Lie ✍ Author: Lupe FiascoIn the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and yet all the programs in the past were predominantly focused on men.
Tags: Men, Time, Women ✍ Author: Melinda Gates