Interest Quotes · Page 215

My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and…

— Kit Harington

I only study the things I like; I apply my mind only to matters that interest me. They'll be useful-or useless-to me…

— Nicolas Chamfort

We were very, very lucky being in the first round of Y Combinator because that alone generated a lot of interest. A…

— Alexis Ohanian

Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The human interest, and the natural interest, and the spiritual interest of this planet need to begin to take a priority over…

— Michael Franti

I thought it was remarkable in July [2016] when he pointedly declined to endorse Ted Cruz at the Republican convention, because I…

— Josh Barro

In 2001, when the economy was strong, the country was able to absorb substantial deficit spending in the wake of September 11…

— Brian Deese

America should find its interests in ways which are more consistent with the interests of other countries, which are things that are…

— Joseph Nye

The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards…

— Woodrow Wilson

I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable.…

— Christian Finnegan

The problem is that you're creating a system of bubble finance where interest rates are so low that people can speculate. An…

— David Stockman

My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of…

— Dalai Lama

We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental'…

— Catherine Wilson

At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions…

— William Rehnquist

“Evidently, a given object took no particular amount of time to draw; instead the artist took the time, or didn’t take it,…

— Annie Dillard

I made a lot of money with the Chinese, and I know the Chinese very well. By the way, they don't love…

— Donald Trump

Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer,…

— Douglas Rushkoff

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a…

— John T. Walton

When WWII ended, the Cold War started, and the interest of the Western world was not to completely break Germany. So all…

— Arnon Goldfinger

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and…

— John Updike

The theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there…

— Corliss Lamont

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions…

— Seth Godin

A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service…

— John Ralston Saul

Stepping back from running [Donald Trump] positions is meaningless from a conflict of interests perspective. The presidency is a full-time job and…

— Reince Priebus

I was being groomed as an undergraduate to specialize in Midwestern prehistory, but going back to my teenage days, my interest has…

— Donald Johanson

Consciously, distinctly, resolutely, habitually, we need to give ourselves, our business, our interests, our families, our affections, into the Spirit's hands, to…

— Frederic Dan Huntington

Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest,…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for…

— King Felipe VI

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about…

— Zig Ziglar

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

They will speak of things that are spiritual and beautiful and of things that are practical and utilitarian; they will mix up…

— Percy Knauth

As with our colleges, so with a hundred "modern improvements"; there is an illusion about them; there is not always a positive…

— Henry David Thoreau

Interest in reading memoirs is universal. What has happened is that people are writing about more and more outrageous things. Our threshold…

— Sara Nelson

To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with…

— Gary L. Francione

It wasn't in the states best interest to let the jury know, they said it would raise doubt that John Gacy acted…

— John Wayne Gacy

Behind all the hype shaping the electronic highway are corporate interests. These huge companies are doing the most natural thing in the…

— Herbert Schiller

If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are…

— Richard Branson

Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to…

— Robert Reich

A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose…

— George Washington