Interest Quotes

5175 Interest quotes by 3335 unique authors

It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications… — Noah Webster
Anybody who's ever mattered, anybody who's ever been happy, anybody who's ever given any gift into the world has been a divinely selfish soul, living… — Richard Bach
No man will work for your interests unless they are his. — David Seabury
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to… — George Washington
Even talking about change can be threatening to entrenched interests...Careers in the Pentagon, the board room, or the halls of Congress are not advanced by… — Mac Thornberry
We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests. — Nadia Comaneci
Whatever the history of U.S. intervention in Iraq, our priorities now should be to protect our people and defend our national security interests, not to… — Ted Cruz
To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that… — Yao Ming
The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Well, my favorite band is Radiohead. But, you know, I am pretty fascinated in general with music. I love music. It is definitely an interest. — Steve Nash
Our ego is our silent partner...too often with a controlling interest. — Cullen Hightower
Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests. — George Matthew Adams
Those who have an interest in keeping the machinery of war going will stop at nothing to make public opinion subservient to their murderous ends. — Albert Einstein
The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want… — Michael Josephson
There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas… — Daniel Inouye
Though we can't always see it at the time, if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best… — Swami Satchidananda
The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given up hope of doing something else...some defect of talent or opportunity… — John Jay Chapman
Your afflictions may only prove that you are more immediately under the Father's hand. There is no time that the patient is such an object… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that wields it! — Arthur W. Pink
Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied. — Richard Baxter
In Science, it is when we take some interest in the great discoverers and their lives that it becomes endurable, and only when we begin… — James Clerk Maxwell
It becomes the urgent duty of mathematicians, therefore, to meditate about the essence of mathematics, its motivations and goals and the ideas that must bind… — Richard Courant
The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are gradually… — George Santayana
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to… — Simone Weil

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