Interest Quotes

5175 Interest quotes by 3335 unique authors

It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. — Barbara Jordan
Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye and appetite for… — Thomas Carlyle
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic… — C. Wright Mills
It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our interests are… — Dalai Lama
We all have an interest, and a duty to future generations, to ensure that the benefits of mobility that we now take for granted, do… — Elliot Morley
Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers. — Claude Monet
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure. — Henri Matisse
I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love… — Carlisle Floyd
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball. — John Thorn
I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch… — Steven Chu
It's no coincidence that female interest in the sport of baseball has increased greatly since the ballplayers swapped those wonderful old-time baggy flannel uniforms for… — Mike Royko
Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does… — Walter Bagehot
Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same forward-looking excitement and interest in life that you… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests… — Nolan Ryan
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
The man who is extremely and dangerously hungry has no other interest but food. Capacities not useful for the satisfying of hunger are pushed into… — Betty Friedan
I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of… — Shirley Chisholm
The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests. — John Foster Dulles
The U.S. has no friends, only interests. — John Foster Dulles
Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their election campaigns. We… — Edward Abbey
Generally speaking, it's a matter of only mild intellectual interest to me whether the earth goes around the sun or the sun goes around the… — Edward Abbey
One need not be a prophet to be aware of impending dangers. An accidental combination of experience and interest will often reveal events to one… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race. — Frederic Bastiat
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence… — Mercy Otis Warren

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