self-concerned

We make decisions that make sense in the moment, but generally don't consider the larger ramifications of our self-concerned actions.

Ariel Gros-Werter: Considering Collective Responsibility Through The Lens Of Kristallnacht Ariel Gros-Werter 2011

We make decisions that make sense in the moment, but generally don't consider the larger ramifications of our self-concerned actions.

Ariel Gros-Werter: Considering Collective Responsibility Through The Lens Of Kristallnacht Ariel Gros-Werter 2011

I was being extremely self-concerned, and not thinking of the work as independent of my own life or career.

Kris Wilton: Brainly And Statuesque: Interview With Choreography Legend Bill T. Jones Kris Wilton 2011

I was being extremely self-concerned, and not thinking of the work as independent of my own life or career.

Kris Wilton: Brainly And Statuesque: Interview With Choreography Legend Bill T. Jones Kris Wilton 2011

And what opponents of the United States could not be delighted that the current administration, in the name of unrealizable ideals, has made a project of destabilizing the whole world by abandoning friendly countries and allies because it is too delicate and self-concerned to tolerate that they are at times unsavory?

Memorial Day Beyond Stone and Steel Mark Helprin 2011

Just as the "Emperor has no clothes," more and more the Boomers will be revealed to be very self-concerned, desperately grasping on to power for as long as they can (isn't that what we've seen in fallen tyrants in the Arab world), feeling entitled to have a comfortable and subsidized retirement (when they have made the financial prospects for Gen X'ers and Millennials incredibly challenging).

Mark Goulston, M.D.: The Looming Gen X Global Revolution of 2020 M.D. Mark Goulston 2011

I had often felt the same way, and my modification of the prayer was my response to uneasiness about my being overly self-concerned.

Scott Cairns: The Prayer of the Heart 2010

I had often felt the same way, and my modification of the prayer was my response to uneasiness about my being overly self-concerned.

Scott Cairns: The Prayer of the Heart 2010

Worst of all, this sends a message out to voters that Parliament may just be as venal, tribal and self-concerned as they suspected all along.

When will they learn? 2009

Worst of all, this sends a message out to voters that Parliament may just be as venal, tribal and self-concerned as they suspected all along.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009