Interest Quotes · Page 157

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

— Jeremy Irons

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan…

— Vikas Swarup

How we organize our world reflects not only the world but also our interests, our passions, our needs, our dreams.

— David Weinberger

It's dangerous not to tour, because people assume you've faded away, or have no interest.

— Rory Gallagher

If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain.

— John Lancaster Spalding

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.

— Thomas Jefferson

What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.

— Barack Obama

By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be…

— Alexander Hamilton

We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year,…

— Boris Yeltsin

In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

We are not dictating. We are not telling them [Saudi Arabia] how they should do it or who they should look like.…

— Colin Powell

I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean,…

— Laura Riding

Perhaps the most powerful lesson other brands can learn from Nike is the need to act in accordance with the reality of…

— Simon Mainwaring

The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot…

— Jack Kevorkian

The Gulf States are extraordinarily suspicious of Iran for good reason. They view Iran as meddling in their affairs. They have seen…

— Barack Obama

We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today's political leaders are still lacking of the vision. They very…

— Ai Weiwei

New Rule: I don't give two fingleberries and a McShit-all that Dumbledore is gay. I never wanted to know who Dumbledore was…

— Bill Maher

I like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. I'm not sure I like the pieces, but it's nice that they…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Acceptable rules of conduct were suspended when it came to the spoon shortage. The deficit had gotten so bad that prices were…

— Jasper Fforde

Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of…

— Aristotle

I like torture. Torture is photogenic. If you make horror movies, you always have to think what's photogenic and what's not. If…

— Udo Kier

My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends.…

— Charles Macklin

With such a perishable, expensive and important product buying truffles can be a leap of faith for a chef. Working with Céline…

— Douglas Keane

On average, an underserved consumer spends 10% of their disposable income on unnecessary fees and interest rates.

— Dan Schulman

Get the big point of your advertisement into your headline. Use your headline as a hook to reach out and catch the…

— John Caples

It's proper that people have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.

— Josh Fox

In general, it should be in our interest to get organizations out of military activity and into politics.

— Jonas Gahr Store

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not…

— Fran Lebowitz

The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.

— Agnes Repplier

Faith to me is having absolute certainty that God is in control of my life and that He has my best interests…

— Dan Ellis

But man is above all a social and political animal; his relations with his fellow human beings form his most absorbing and…

— Logan Pearsall Smith

My No. 1 hobby and interest is being a mom. It's something that makes me passionate, you know?

— Bianca Balti

Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need…

— Jay Inslee

I would define morality as enlightened self-interest...That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are.

— Andrew Young

What I enjoy so much about the Tonys' uniqueness is that anyone who's tuning in has an interest in seeing the show,…

— Neil Patrick Harris

Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain…

— Learned Hand

There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest…

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting.

— Pablo Picasso