Interest Quotes

5175 Interest quotes by 3335 unique authors

Patriotism means advocating plunder in the interests of the privileged class of your particular country. The time will soon come when calling someone a patriot… — Ernest Belfort Bax
It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests. — Samuel Gompers
Concentrated power can be always wielded in the interest of the few and at the expense of the many. Government in its last analysis is… — Lucy Parsons
What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest. — Thomas Sowell
Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests. — Brian Tracy
Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a… — Richard O'Brien
Can we unite against ourselves for our own higher interest? — Aldous Huxley
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to… — Douglas MacArthur
Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is by… — Baron d'Holbach
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see where the separation… — Virginia Woolf
What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest. — Walter Savage Landor
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is… — Charles Caleb Colton
Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. — Max Lerner
A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption. — Peter Dunne
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you… — Elbert Hubbard
Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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