Disinterested Quotes

74 Disinterested quotes by 70 unique authors

Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics]… — Aristotle
The notion of travelling to far places in order to study alien peoples and cultures, is unique to Western man; it springs from the predatory… — George Steiner
Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their… — Louis Nizer
Remember us in your prayers that we grow not weary in well doing. It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all… — David Livingstone
A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for nothing.… — George Bernard Shaw
The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. — Henry David Thoreau
We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what… — Woodrow Wilson
Science is not enough, religion is not enough, art is not enough, politics and economics are not enough, nor is love, nor is duty, nor… — Aldous Huxley
Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that… — John Quincy Adams
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. — Albert J. Nock
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in… — Laozi
The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return to person-centred ethics in the world of finance and economics. — Pope Francis
That is the danger we now face. And this is why the intermixing of science and politics is a bad combination, with a bad history.… — Michael Crichton
Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had… — Upton Sinclair
...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons. — Vincent de Paul
Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I've been privileged to meet and work… — Chelsea Clinton
The only thing that saves the world is the little handful of disinterested men that are in it. — Woodrow Wilson
Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing. — Joseph Joubert
I was a disinterested student. — David Fincher
Defectors often cause more difficulty than disinterested disbelievers. — Neal A. Maxwell
Don't pressure yourself to target a market. Hit the mark instead. Pay homage to your own connection. Quantity flocks to quality and quality comes from… — Tama J. Kieves
I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in… — Matthew Arnold
A cool blooded and crafty politician, when he would be thoroughly revenged on his enemy, makes the injuries which have been inflicted, not on himself,… — Charles Caleb Colton
The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested. — Richard Gere
I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or… — Yves Saint Laurent

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