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I'd rather fake my own fog, than fake a steamy love scene. Can I interest you in some mist? It's homemade. — Jarod Kintz

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest. — Silvio Berlusconi

He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr

Every country should have a strong literary tradition of its own at the center, but it should also have an interest in other countries. — Kazuo Ishiguro

Our hearts clearly see our own interests but they are completely blind to other people's interests — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Can we unite against ourselves for our own higher interest? — Aldous Huxley

My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946. — Henry Taube

Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it. — Ben Horowitz

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame — John Adams

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. — Garrett Hardin

I have always found men quite fathomable. They look entirely to their own interest. — Gore Vidal

Love is about investing in the best interest of another without regard to our own interest. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Most people are too stupid to act in their own interest — Friedrich Nietzsche

We hold that each man is the best judge of his own interest. — John Adams

There is nothing sexual about my interest in other women's breasts. But it's difficult not be curious when you have next to none of your own. — Victoria Clayton

Mind is designed mainly to seek within its own parameters of knowing in self-interest. — Gian Kumar

Discipline means protection from one's own wanton interest. — Bill Vaughan

I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories. — Daniel Woodrell

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences. — Maria Montessori

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

When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest. — Thucydides

Righteousness acts never in its own interest, but in the interest of fellow men. — Thaddeus Of Vitovnica

Morality is the position you hold on abortion before your teenaged daughter gets pregnant. after that everyone acts in their own self-interest. — Mike Nemeth

Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. — Brad Pitt

Anybody who does not evolve can become a self-parody. I have to evolve on a daily basis just to keep my own interest in what I do. — Marilyn Manson

The handful of corporations that own most of the media outlets have an interest in reflecting establishment views. — Janeane Garofalo

Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm,
none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship. — Henry Van Dyke

When ... in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests? — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest. — Ayn Rand

Congress has a deep, vested interest in its own inefficiency. — Robert A. Caro

The visual arts must communicate to the human spirit, forcing individuals to reflect on themselves and their existence beyond their own self-interest. — Dean Mitchell

To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty by reason of my devotion to the god . — Socrates

Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results. — Harri Holkeri

Taking an interest in one's own soul requires a certain amount of space for reflection and appreciation. — Thomas Moore

Any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense — John Wilmot

Every woman has, for her own self-esteem, to work or have a major interest. — Amanda Eliasch

Everything is going badly because at this moment the morbid conscience has an essential interest in not recovering from its own sickness. — Antonin Artaud

One cannot see one's own mistakes in matters where his interest lies. — Dada Bhagwan

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. — James Madison

It seems to me that doubt is worse than trial. I had sooner suffer any affliction than be left to question the gospel or my own interest in it. — Charles Spurgeon

To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world. — Rudolf Steiner

Failure doesn't means falling down; it means hiding somewhere to safeguard own interest. — Ashish Patel

My life is my own, and the opinions of others don't interest me... — Carroll John Daly

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

Many have observed that Elizabeth Edwards could be a political figure in her own right. She has never had an interest in that. — Jennifer Palmieri

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own. — James Cook

There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults. — Emily Greene Balch

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy

I could never rule out my own inability to focus on things that didn't interest me. — Meghan Ciana Doidge

You're working not for the corporate interest, not for the government interest, not for your own self-interest. You have a higher calling. — Lynne Stewart

Our own interests are still an exquisite means for dazzling our eyes agreeably. — Blaise Pascal

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. — John Stossel

A vigorous young mind not overbalanced by passion, finds a good in making acquaintance with life, and watches its own powers with interest. — George Eliot

Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else's interest before one's own. — Michelle Cohen Corasanti

Freedom is choice to follow your own dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The economy is being run primarily by the banks for their own interest. — Michael Hudson

In every situation, there's never a shortage of people who will covertly promote their own best interest.. with diligence. — T. Rafael Cimino

Strangers had small interest in hurting you. That was always done best by your own family and friends. — Robin Hobb

You will never be more than a common Christian until you give up your own interest and cease defending yourself. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own. — Peter Jennings

Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest. — Geneen Roth

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason. — Kenneth Waltz

Right education should help the student, not only to develop his capacities, but to understand his own highest interest. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Strong leaders encourage you to do things for your own benefit, not just theirs. — Tim Tebow

Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel. — Nathan Kirsh

An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort of a mental total. — William James

I have a cause higher and nobler than my own, a cause to which all private interests and concerns must be subordinated. — Leila Khaled

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest. — John Buchanan Robinson

The fawning courtier and the surly squire often mean the same thing,
each his own interest. — George Berkeley

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

A bad song for a night such as this, mayhap, but her heart went its own way without much interest in what her head thought or wanted; always had. — Stephen King

No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own. — Mikhail Bulgakov

I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing. — Julie Burchill

I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large. — Eric Schlosser

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all. — Thucydides

My own curiosity and interest are insatiable. — Emma Lazarus

Whoever wins, that's who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. — Anthony Doerr

My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue. — Jack Kilby

Confidence is a reduction of your own interest in whether others are thinking about you and if so, what they're thinking. — Augusten Burroughs

The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others. — Dalai Lama

Very often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest. — John Mercer Johnson

Each man seeks his own interest, not the general interest. Let his own selfish interests be touched, and all concord is at an end. — Sabine Baring-Gould

Unless people have a vision of something beyond the bounds of their own natures, they cannot transcend their self-interest. — Patrick M. Garry

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest? — Gary Thomas

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me ... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises. — Paul Stanley

Show more interest in their story than your own. — Johnny Hunt

It is in an artist's real interest to congratulate herself more often: not out of narcissism, but in her role as her own dear friend and advocate. — Eric Maisel

Personal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me. — Gary Paulsen