Interest Quotes · Page 82

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

— George Papandreou

Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest!

— Mignon McLaughlin

I never worked at painting as if it were a job; it was always out of interest or for fun, a desire…

— Gerhard Richter

My dad originally wanted to be a foreign correspondent before he got into politics. We have very similar personalities, so I think…

— Abby Huntsman

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

Racing has become more show time; we've got to have something new to create interest in the sport.

— Richard Petty

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

My mother, a very eclectic listener, had the first Doors album and gave it to me when I expressed interest in the…

— Henry Rollins

[Recep Tayyip] Erdogan is an adherent of realpolitik. He knows that international relations are not built on the strength of unilateral demands,…

— Martin Schulz

To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your…

— Adrienne Rich

How can we know ourselves by ourselves? . . . Soul needs intimate connection, not only to individuate, but simply to live.…

— James Hillman

I don't have too many plans filled out. I know I want to keep doing more music. I've got a couple of…

— Jeff Bridges

The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same…

— J. M. Coetzee

I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was…

— Yael Naim

You can see the diversity that pieces in the anthology represent, and then the interconnections-obvious and less obvious-between various stories or between…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Early in my career as a domme, I both admired and feared becoming one of those career dommes. I saw, in myself,…

— Melissa Febos

For as long as men and women have talked about war, they have talked about it in terms of right and wrong.…

— Michael Walzer

Regarding pushing the form, ideas interest me more than form. I think you can write a very subversive play in a three-act…

— Caridad Svich

Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where…

— Stanley Kubrick

We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard…

— John F. Kennedy

Whether Osama bin Laden is doing it cynically and has no interest in these matters, or whether he's doing it out of…

— Robert Fisk

Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation').…

— Timothy Keller

Widowhood provided Mama with a higher form of being. In refusing to recover from my father's death she had discovered that her…

— Vivian Gornick

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

— Al Oerter

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

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

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

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

— Adam Granduciel

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

Being an artist for my well being and as a living, I live in a place of observance and interest in what…

— Brandon Boyd

He's a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone…

— Dave Barry

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

— Hattie Morahan