Interest Quotes · Page 113

It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable.

— Hubert Van Zeller

I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.

— Robert Carlyle

It is a vital British and European interest to demonstrate to Putin that Trump is on our side, not his.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I suppose one of the things that interest me about acting is unpicking what makes people tick and why they do what…

— Hattie Morahan

Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any other international body is not in the…

— Dana Rohrabacher

My personal interest in IVF led me to author two reports into the availability of treatment on the NHS.

— Grant Shapps

I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting…

— Michael Trucco

Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest.

— Walter Savage Landor

If we did go into a recession, something that's always possible for the U.S. or Europe, we could lower interest rates and…

— Jeffrey Sachs

Why I can't stand this phrase about I don't have any permanent enemies, any permanent friends, only permanent interests. I can't stand…

— Cornel West

I believe that we need to set conditions to close the detention facility at Guantanamo. This includes retaining the option to transfer…

— Pete Visclosky

Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests,…

— Howard Zinn

The root of the whole evil lay, particularly in Schonerer's opinion, in the fact that the directing body of the Catholic Church…

— Adolf Hitler

I like the songs to appear very simple and to flow by without any kind of hiccup, but there has to be…

— Gillian Welch

What care I if it be "wild and improbable" and "lacking in literary art"? I refuse to be any longer hampered by…

— Anonymous

As long as the problem of world reconstruction remains the center of interest for all nations, blocs having similar attitudes will form…

— Hjalmar Branting

The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests.…

— Woodrow Wilson

Certainly polling is a tool for leadership. It's not a program for leadership. And you can abuse a tool. You can overuse…

— Andrew Kohut

I had NO interest in being a theologian, especially not a Christian, as I had been raised by progressive atheists. We bowed…

— Anne Lamott

And the flesh is that reprehensible preference for self that lurks within every one of our hearts. It is that base and…

— Eric Ludy

There is more interest in what is occurring in technology companies that impact news. Such companies don't have the same sense of…

— Tom Rosenstiel

Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend…

— Victor Hugo

I think now that I've tried directing, I'm not interested in doing adaptations anymore. I could do an adaptation of someone else's…

— Charlie Kaufman

In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies to liberty; and it is certain, that this steady conduct of theirs…

— David Hume

Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles.

— Arthur Balfour

When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of…

— Charles Schumer

Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever…

— Ayub Khan

I've just grown up. Respecting yourself and your art means taking an interest in the other responsibilities.

— Adam Granduciel

The trade-unionist has the same limitation imposed upon him as the capitalist. He cannot advance his interests at the expense of society.

— Ramsay MacDonald

The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.

— Lane Kirkland

When we accept dismissive judgments of our community we stop having generous hope for it. We cease to be capable of serving…

— Marilynne Robinson

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

— Al Oerter

When I begin doing something I find interesting, I don't know when to stop it become even more interesting for me.hahaa

— Mia

I knew Shay was the one when I lost interest in everyone else. It was like nothing else mattered and I fell…

— Scheana Shay

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.

— Warren Buffett

One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.

— Saul Alinsky

Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.

— Mark Hoppus

Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast.

— John Lanchester

Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest…

— Gifford Pinchot

Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas.

— Steven Johnson