Interest Quotes · Page 112

My interest in philosophy began as early as eight years old - I started thinking about those kinds of heavy questions about…

— Steve Weinstein

Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.

— Tom Coburn

Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative.

— Frans de Waal

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs…

— William Scranton

The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and…

— Asger Jorn

I've always supported LGBT organizations and things like that because I felt like I had a vested interest in this, where I…

— Kevin McHale

[Andre] Gide can say it to me: it is a writer's morality only addressed to a few privileged people. For that reason…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in…

— Edward T. Hall

The genius of the tradition as it has developed in America is the unique combination of giving and voluntary service in behalf…

— Robert L. Payton

Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety,…

— Noam Chomsky

While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it…

— Benigno Aquino III

Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest…

— Evelyn Underhill

The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation and involves the spirit of party and…

— James Madison

I was coming off of The O.C. and had very little interest in doing another teen drama. And then I got sent…

— Josh Schwartz

Interest is never enough. If it doesn't haunt you, you'll never write it well. What haunts and obsesses you may, with luck…

— Steven Heighton

I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The real scientific study of the distribution of wealth has, we must confess, scarcely begun. The conventional academic study of the so-called…

— Irving Fisher

The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interests wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves…

— Joshua Chamberlain

American liberty is being destroyed by Marxist doctrines that explain society in terms of hegemonic and oppressed groups - whether classes, races…

— Paul Craig Roberts

We assert then that nothing has been accomplished without interest on the part of the actors; and — if interest be called…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

For the first time in its history, Western Civilization is in danger of being destroyed internally by a corrupt, criminal ruling cabal…

— Carroll Quigley

We started out with a lot of bands in the same generation as ours, and there are very few left. Mainly, I…

— Sune Rose Wagner

What is wrong with encouraging students to put "how well they're doing" ahead of "what they're doing." An impressive and growing body…

— Alfie Kohn

[Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.

— Norman L. Eisen

During my five-year presidency, no one, and I mean no one under any pretext can threaten the country's interest. It puts the…

— Jovenel Moise

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems,…

— Ron Paul

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his…

— Jose Marti

The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.

— Noam Chomsky

Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament.

— Shaukat Aziz

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I…

— Paul Stanley

...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.

— Nora Roberts

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest…

— Duke Ellington

I ensure that I read the entire script of each project that comes my way. In fact, it is the script alone…

— Tanushree Dutta

Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about…

— Mark Dever

No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail…

— Goldwin Smith

I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a…

— Stanley Clarke

The worst fault a salesman can commit is to be a bore...... Pretend to be vastly interested in any subject the prospects…

— David Ogilvy

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic…

— Charley Reese

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for…

— Juliana Hatfield