Of Interest Quotes

Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.

Tremendous interest in the superficial is very characteristic of cultures in decline.

Texture is something we forget - it makes outfits look very expensive. You can do a monochromatic outfit, if you're afraid of things that are more colorful and printed, and still create interest.

Interest is a terrible thing to waste.

The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.

The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway.

It’s easy to be an expert if you’re the only one in the world with an interest.

An interest in the brain requires no justification other than a curiosity to know why we are here, what we are doing here, and where we are going.

There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to land.

What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active interest.

It is simply that we treat Japanese history, the history of the Japanese people and its unique culture with greater respect and interest. This generates enormous interest in Russia!

All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

Writing is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

As for reality, I don't even have any interest in that word.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.

The government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business.

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

Solemn Australians think that an interest in design is a superficial and trivial interest. This is actually an improvement, they used to think it effeminate and vaguely immoral.

With virtually no knowledge of or interest in history, the masses simply take their unprecedented high living standards under capitalism for granted.

It is in the American interest to put an end to Nationhood. That is the goal in global government. America must get out of the United Nations or our sovereign Republic will not survive.

Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

Talk in terms of the other person's interests.

You write things that are of interest to you. There's no focus group.

This concern which interests us more than anything else: the blurring of the distinction between art and life.

Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions.

The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks to prove God's existence apart from divine revelation.

Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest.

After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

American cities are kind of difficult contexts to work in. They are politically complex. There are a lot of different interest groups. It takes immense political skill to get anything done at all.

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star.

The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.

Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days.

Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.

I've owned a business for 26 years. My family isn't in politics and my supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee.

People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself.

I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.

There is no better friendship booster than the ability to listen. The ability to show genuine interest in others is an admirable quality of a true friend.

Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.

Chile needs Bolivian natural resources and Bolivia needs access to the sea. Under those circumstances, it must be possible to find a solution in the interest of both countries.

A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest.

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of the market.

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and I shall die abhorring.

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than with results.