The marketplace is a wondrous institution. It harnesses the self-interest of each of us and puts it to work for the benefit… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
As humanity perfects itself, man becomes degraded. When everything is reduced to the mere counter-balancing of economic interests, what room will there… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
We in the United States are very often - since we are a democracy and we have national interests, we've often made… — George Soros Copy Share Image
My particular interest area is working in issues of emotional literacy. What I see of the way that we educate boys and… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food… — Jamie Oliver Copy Share Image
Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I'm not a movie person. They're collaborations of the worst kind. You must compromise yourself to many interests that are venal and… — John Irving Copy Share Image
There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live… — Ludwig Bemelmans Copy Share Image
I'm a huge science fan; I read a lot of science books. But I'm not a scientist, my interest in science is… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
Until now, until I actually got into law class, I just never thought of it as being an interest for me, but… — Lisa Leslie Copy Share Image
[I] don't want people to see it [paintings] as a specific intention on my part. If somebody has that interest in these… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
There's so much focus and interest about what happens during war, but very little about what happens when people return to homes… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
It's not always easy for a father to understand the interests and ways of his son. It seems the songs of our… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
...through schools of the world we shall disseminate a new conception of government - one that will embrace all of the collective… — Harold Rugg Copy Share Image
No. I cannot expect you to believe it. Take it as a lie--or a prophecy. Say I dreamed it in the workshop.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was… — Taylor Wilson Copy Share Image
Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that a trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K. is in the national interest of both countries and will… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
The domestic relations precede, and in our present existence are worth more than all our other social ties. They give the first… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Reason has never really directed social reality, but now reason has been so thoroughly purged of any specific trend or preference that… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
I take a real interest in the possibilities of teaching - including the practice of bringing creative writing, and serious reading, into… — Michael Cadnum Copy Share Image
Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political… — F. M. Powicke Copy Share Image
To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession.… — Yao Ming Copy Share Image
We want in the UK to have a good trading relationship with the EU. I think that's in our interests, I think… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
"Authenticity" doesn't mean much to me. I just want "good", in the sense of well-designed, well-constructed, long-lasting garments. My interest in military… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and… — Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien Copy Share Image
The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Once you have made it, you will understand that any business is limited in the challenges it offers. You will want and… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image