To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Let us...once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable. — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
If there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Perhaps the itinerant upbringing my brothers and I had has something to do with my continued interest in perspectives different from my… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
It is in the interests of both sexes to hear the other sex's experience of powerlessness. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
A god who is both self-sufficient and content to remain so could not interest us enough to raise the question of his… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Have pride and entertainment. I think that a lot bands just don't know how to do it anymore or they lost interest… — John Seagall Copy Share Image
If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I know Hillary Clinton as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, she'd be a good president. But… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
My main interest in synthesizers when I was an older teenager was to escape from the spell of the 12-tone system or,… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
To his surprise he also discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
So that it cannot be denied, but the lowering of Interest may, and probably will keep some Money from coming abroad into… — Dudley North Copy Share Image
If this analysis of history is approximately sound and if the future like the past is to be crowded with changes and… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation. One of… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
It's true: Everyone needs a reason to stay alive -- someone who justifies your existence. Someone who loves you. Not beyond all… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
We're living history all the time, in the papers, in the news, you think about stuff and it goes into your brain… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats… — Thomas R. Pickering Copy Share Image
Farmers since the beginning of time have been feeding the world very successfully without systematically abusing animals or destroying the environment. But… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
Idealism, though just in its premises, and often daring and honest in their application, is stultified by the exclusive intellectualism of its… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
The underlying issue is the system of capitalism itself, and under this system the best means for regulating or checking their power… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests? — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule… — Plato Copy Share Image
I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Well, news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
“God is not interested in your ability. He is interested in your availability. When you avail your ability to God, you become… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral. — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the… — Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Copy Share Image
I have no interest in playing 'perfect.' To me, it's more about being an entertainer. Having a connection with the audience. — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
In the interest of the fans and the players, we urge FIFA not to increase the number of World Cup participants. — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Copy Share Image
I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a… — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in. — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
