Interest Quotes

5175 Interest quotes by 3335 unique authors

Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to solve a problem. — Raymond Chandler
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. (Notice this means that if you are interested… — C.S. Lewis
I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product… — William Zinsser
Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved. — Tracy Kidder
I suspect it is for one's self-interest that one looks at one's surroundings and one's self. This search is personally born and is indeed my… — Lee Friedlander
I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I… — Garry Winogrand
However, I must stress that my own interest is immediate and in the picture. What I am conscious of and what I feel is the… — Aaron Siskind
My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved… — Galen Rowell
There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no… — David Hurn
I always choose an area that is of personal interest, but I don't plan my travels in detail. There are so many variables one cannot… — Unknown Author
The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little… — Elliott Erwitt
It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would be bad for… — Andreas Feininger
When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must… — Alexey Brodovitch
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture or through… — Alexey Brodovitch
I do not like the idea of happiness - it is too momentary - I would say that I was always busy and interested in… — Georgia O'Keeffe
A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless… — John Loengard
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. — Gilbert Highet
There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by commercial firms that… — Peter Singer
It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road...A stone has no… — Peter Singer
If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their interests are allowed… — Peter Singer
The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby gorilla at the… — Peter Singer
Even people who are aware that the traditional family farm has been taken over by big business interests, and that some questionable experiments go on… — Peter Singer
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals… — Peter Singer
We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral concern;… — Peter Singer

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