Interests Quotes

It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off — David Blunkett

The time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo. — Jerry Yang

Whatever content you create, let it revolve around your interests. You shouldn't create things just because you think other people want to watch it. — Connor Franta

It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable. — Hubert Van Zeller

At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans. — John F. Kerry

Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests. — Jalal Talabani

Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others' interests into account. — Dalai Lama

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests. — Paul Hoffman

States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power — Noam Chomsky

The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace. — Kenneth Waltz

My own work in spin glass and its consequences has formed some of the intellectual basis for these interests. — Philip Warren Anderson

What interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life. — Miuccia Prada

On the basis of both values and interests, the natural relationship between Islam and the United States is one of friendship. — Jimmy Carter

Education is a task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected. — John Goodlad

Maybe - just maybe - Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.) — Rick Riordan

I am there for the best interests of the fighters, I want them to win. If they don't accept that, bye bye. — Bas Rutten

It's wrong to put the drug lobby's interests ahead of older Americans. — John B. Larson

Find a person to love who shares same interests with you. — Ronald Molmisa

Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that. — Tom Rath

Take what interests and knowledge you can from books, but do not let them replace words and thoughts of your own. — Pai Kit Fai

On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns. — Noam Chomsky

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them — Mercedes Lackey

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation. — John Hope Franklin

Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities. — Ben Stein

What interests me about thoughts is not the moment when it crystallises into formal ideas but its earlier stages. — Jean Dubuffet

Governments have a favorite phrase: "lean and mean." But they've been made very, very fat for corporate interests. — Vandana Shiva

Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand. — Douglas Wilson

We must never again let America be led into a fratricidal war like the last two world wars, for the sake of alien, minority interests. — George Lincoln Rockwell

Build relationships and friendships by finding common experiences or interests instead of getting discouraged by noticeable differences. — Archibald Marwizi

It interests me tremendously to make copies ... I started it by chance and I find it teaches me things. — Vincent Van Gogh

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people, but those of multinational corporations. — Suzy Kassem

Amelia the bright-sider believes it is better to be alone than to be with someone who doesn't share your sensibilities and interests. — Gabrielle Zevin

A physical store cannot be reconfigured on the fly to cater to each customer based on his or her particular interests. — Chris Anderson

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. — Eric Massa

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. — Nicola Sturgeon

That's the key to new and good ideas; they come from having a very broad and multidisciplinary range of interests. — Robin Chase

Going to open a quaint little bookshop and have a niche section called "Men's Interests" where we shelve the Western Cannon. — Alana Massey

I ask the internist why there aren't more Ornish-like studies. 'There aren't any financial interests involved.' — Michael Greger

How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of his energies to selfish interests. — Thomas Jefferson

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage. — Honore De Balzac

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned. — Akkineni Nagarjuna

No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests. — Robin Sharma

We want to get full value out of labour so that we may be able to pay it full value. It is use - not conservation - that interests us. — Henry Ford

There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it. — Errol Morris

I have a really wide range of interests and I've still got time to work out my exact direction. — Caroline Wozniacki

You quickly find, when you are a hand-reader as I am, that nothing interests people so much as themselves. — Margaret Atwood

But, surely, if the mind is too long directed to one object only, it will get stiff and rigid, and unable to take in many interests. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Be influenced by nothing but your clients' interests. Tell them the truth. — Arthur C. Nielsen

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely. — Rita Levi-Montalcini

You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting. — Cyrus Vance

There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books — Henry Miller

Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work. — Yves Tanguy

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. — Hilaire Belloc

The cinema that interests me departs from realism. — Jacques Audiard

I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic. — Spike Lee

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans. — Hank Johnson

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. — Peter Brimelow

It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests. — Terence

[Playing] the bad guys tend to be fascinating. Figuring out what makes them do the things they do is what interests me. — Adam Croasdell

Iraq should commit itself to implement the U.N. resolutions, and the Iraqi leadership should put the interests of its people into consideration. — Hosni Mubarak

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo

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

If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours! — Eleanor Roosevelt

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything. — Laurence Sterne

The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep. — Calvin Harris

People do not want war. War springs from causes wholly outside the lives, interests, and feelings of the people. — Frederic C. Howe

Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned. — Baruch Spinoza

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. — P.T. Barnum

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all. — Daniel Day-Lewis

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. — Louis Farrakhan

A man who limits his interests limits his life. — Vincent Price

We have weakened the parties and strengthened all the special interests. — Mark Shields

A tax on capital would promote the general interest over private interests while preserving economic openness and the forces of competition. — Thomas Piketty

Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied. — Richard Baxter

Read what you find interesting, and then follow your interests. You'll find that in doing so you always generate enough to illuminate the next step. — Mark Helprin

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me. — Jennifer Westfeldt

Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own. — Henri Nouwen

The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux. — Franz Wright

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. — Kate Smith

Our interests are grains of opium to our consciences, but they only put it to sleep for a terrible awakening. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor. — Agnes Repplier

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate. — Vincent D'Onofrio

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests. — Melissa Harris-Perry

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests. — Maria Mitchell

Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. — C.S. Lewis

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings. — Pierre Corneille

Whatever initiatives we launch, we must always put the interests of Singaporeans and Singapore first. — Tony Tan

[ ... ] [E]very citizen has to avoid any activities and speeches that harm the image of the country and interests of the people. — Thein Sein

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. — Anna Julia Cooper

I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR interests. — Howard Berman

A scientist's work is determined by two things: his interests and those of his time. Everything has led to this. — Anthony Doerr

Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests? — Margaret Cho

I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests. — Lois Capps

The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good. — Joel Bakan

Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. Go right on doing what interests you, and do it until it stops interesting you. — Louis Horst

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles. — William Kristol

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot. — Russell Brand

What a country calls its vital ... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. — Simone Weil

In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries. — Dalai Lama

So long as we mayhavean independent Judiciary, the great interests of the people will be safe. — John Rutledge