Of Interest Quotes

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to the most persevering.

As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.

I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise the national interest.

My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether or not it is in our selfish interest to do so.

[Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.

I've always had an interest in geopolitics and macroeconomics.

Most apparent conspiracies result from consistent local self-interest with no need for global coordination.

Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.

It is a sign of the times, and not a very good sign, that these days it is necessary - and not only necessary but urgent - to interest minds in the fate of Mind, that is to say, in their own fate.

Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.

I have always had a strong interest in history and finding out about the past can be remarkably helpful with working out the future, too.

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.

To move Nigeria forward, we must define our interest in the Nigeria project

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

The fence and the boundary line are the symbols of the spirit of justice. They set the limits upon each man's interest to prevent one from taking advantage of the other.

It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society.

There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides.

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

Once a bureau is created, its staff becomes a tenacious political interest group, well placed to defend its budget and to make a case for expanding its activities.

A job is a sacrifice. Following an interest - that's a contribution. And we're here on the planet, not to sacrifice ourselves, but to make a contribution.

Vagabonding is an attitude — a friendly interest in people, places, and things that makes a person an explorer in the truest, most vivid sense of the word.

Those who would know the world, seek first within your beings' depths; those who would truly know themselves, develop interest in the world.

If it's in people's interest to invest in renewables and invest in clean technologies, I'm convinced it will happen.

My main interest was finding boyfriends. I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in.

We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.

Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.

In order to satisfy the vital being, it must be offered some activity, and at the same time the mind should be slowly made to take interest in yoga.

The butcher seldom sees much interest in allowing the herd to be armed.

Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.

It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.

I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love doing nothing if I can help it.

It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.

I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good, our tasks will be solved.

I'm honestly flattered and humbled that anyone would show interest in something I've done, forever.

We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests.

Give them back! Give my tears back, right now——with interest!!

I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.

When they so-called 'target the interest rate', what they're doing is controlling the money supply via the interest rate. The interest rate is only an intermediary instrument.

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject - it's very sketchy territory to be in. I've seen what's happened to other directors who have done that.

At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.

We must break the evil habit of ignoring the spiritual. We must shift our interest from the seen to the unseen.

Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country.

Well, there's nothing I've done I'm not proud of. Making money was an interest, but it's never been my god.

Compound interest is the eighth natural wonder of the world and the most powerful thing I have ever encountered.