I wanted to be a poet when I was 20; I had no interest in fiction or biography and precious little interest… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very… — Novalis Copy Share Image
I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
That requires quite an imaginative leap because it's hard for me to imagine that my biography would be of much interest to… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is… — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
The real number of the US' obligations, unfunded obligations that we're passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
There is an Arabic proverb which says that "Peace comes from understanding, not agreement." Agreements are more easily broken than made; but… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office,… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Any proposals for the future, while they should use to the full the experience gathered in the past, should not be restricted… — William Beveridge Copy Share Image
A few years ago, I had an interest in making things that felt more like "pieces." That was when I was making… — Arca Copy Share Image
As prime minister, Canadians expect me to do two things: To stand up for Canadian interests and project Canadian values; and to… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
I've never seen a sincere white man, not when it comes to helping black people. Usually things like this are done by… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
A sane person would think that Wal-Mart would never carry 'Capitalism: A Love Story' because it's simply not in their best interests… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
If we have to continue to live under sequestration, it will have a maximum impact on our ability to fulfill the president's… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was… — Dorothy Cottrell Copy Share Image
“When society does something wrong and extremely immoral, ironically it is not called ‘madness’. For example, ‘sati burning’ and ‘forced conversion into… — Md. Ziaul Haque Copy Share Image
I know that in some ways I operate from a kind of antiquated interest in imagery, while many contemporary poets are not… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
I pulled myself up and told myself to stop these ridiculous thoughts, wondering why it is that we can never stop trying… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
Peter invented, with Wendy's help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that argument is completely morally bankrupt, and I think people know that when they make it. There's a very big… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
And that's the one thing that people do not understand is that we have very low interest rates and if those go… — Ben Quayle Copy Share Image
That men have an interest in knowing the world which surrounds them, and consequently that their reflection should have been applied to… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
I have absolutely no interest in rock and roll. I'm just being David Bowie. Mick Jagger is rock and roll. I mean,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I knew my interest in the universe and I owned a telescope that I bought with money I earned by walking dogs.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Invest love into your life. Because when you love life, life will love you back. And theres no attraction greater than love.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We as beings are very contradictory, complicated creatures that work in our best interest and against our best interest. In a certain… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I do like to make people cringe. That discomfort, tension, embarrassment, pain - all of those things interest me, and not through… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
It is important for practical and psychological reasons to call any reasonably stable group that rears children a family… The advantage of… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative… — Zhou Yongkang Copy Share Image
Hundreds of thousands and millions of wage slaves of capital and peasants downtrodden by the serf-owners are going to the slaughter for… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest… — John Holt Copy Share Image
I tell our sisters in the South that so far as Tennessee is concerned she will not be dragged into a Southern… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push… — Maksim Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
