Interest Quotes

5175 Interest quotes by 3335 unique authors

Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no… — Don Kates
If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I… — Ayn Rand
The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear… — Paul Carus
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin
We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those… — Albert Einstein
Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5… — James C. Collins
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we… — Carl Jung
...through schools of the world we shall disseminate a new conception of government - one that will embrace all of the collective activities of men;… — Unknown Author
Very often, I confess, the teller of dreams bores me. His dream could perhaps interest me if it were frankly worked on. But to hear… — Gaston Bachelard
The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion; the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, An appetite; a feeling and a… — William Wordsworth
Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages. — Samuel Johnson
"I am not much of a mathematician," said the cigarette, "but I can add to a man's nervous troubles, I can subtract from his physical… — David Starr Jordan
It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. This statement is almost a tautology. For the energy of operation… — Alfred North Whitehead
Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see… — Mother Teresa
We need to graduate from the ridiculous notion that greed is some kind of elixir for capitalism - it's the downfall of capitalism. Self-interest, maybe,… — Patricia Aburdene
Business is about problem-solving, but it does not always have to be about maximizing profit. When I went into business, my interest was to figure… — Muhammad Yunus
Letting users control your site can be terrifying at first. From day one we were asking ourselves, "What is going to be on the front… — Kevin Rose
The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to… — Virginia Woolf
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know whether you can get up after… — Oriah Dreamer
We got great ratings and fan interest, and that's what management wanted. — Trish Stratus
Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now high time to… — Marcus Aurelius
The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we… — John F. Kennedy
I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States… — John F. Kennedy
The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee. — Robert Falcon Scott

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