Quotessence
Home / Topics / Interest Quotes

Interest Quotes

Browse 8281 quotes about Interest.

Related topics

PeopleIfsThinkingWorldMenWaySelfKnowsWantShouldStatesCountrySelf InterestNeedsGovernmentHumansPoliticalTryingMayMeanWellsKindWritingSpecialLongGivingBelieveHas BeensRateDifferentSpecial InterestsFeelsLittlesYearsFirstsLooksRealCommonImportantDoeIndividualIdeasPersonsValuesMindNationsReasonChildrenArtWholeInterest RateWarMadeBookFactsGroupsPolicyTogetherDoneHeartProblemUnitedAmericaEconomicStoriesTwoEndsCareI CanMatterStillsSubjectsHelpingTermPassionSeemsUsePartyShowsCommunityConflictParticularLawSocialMightUnited StatesWould BeSecurityPublic InterestTodayCharacterDemocracyFilmFormNational InterestsRunningLosesPresidentActionEconomymore

Interest Quotes

“Are people who have been crazy held to unfair standards?Of course, but it's not in your best interest to complain. If you're paranoid and people are looking at you funny it's best to let it pass. Psychotic people have an uncanny knack for making their own worst dreams come true. Depressing things happen to depressed people way beyond what you would expect from random distribution.”

PeopleIfsWayHas BeensDreamHappensCoursesInterestCrazyWorstStandardsComplainingThings HappenDepressingUnfairDreams Come TrueDistributionParanoidPsychoticKnackUncannyDepressed People
Author:Mark Vonnegut
Create image

“The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. Each of us emerges from the preconsciousness of babyhood and simply finds himself here, in it, in the world. That experience alone astonishes some people. What is all this - what is the world? And what are we? From the beginning of humanity some have been under a compulsion to ask these questions, and have felt a craving for the answers. This is what is really meant by any such phrase as 'mankind's need for metaphysics.'”

PeopleWorldNeedsWritingHas BeensRealPhilosophyHumanityAsksFeltInterestAnswersBehindsMankindCuriosityPhilosopherPhrasesMetaphysicsCravingCompulsionReally MeanBabyhood
Author:Bryan Magee
Create image

“All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they should be replaced by something more responsive, more just, and more democratic. Marx said this, and so did Jefferson. It is a revolutionary doctrine, and very much an American one.”

PeopleShouldSaidPoliticalInterestFailingEconomicInstitutionsDemocraticDoctrineRevolutionaryReplacedPolitical Institutions
Book:Democracy for the Few
Create image

“Either over neither, both over either/or, live-and-let-live over stand-or die, high spirits over low, energy over apathy, wit over dullness, jokes over homilies, good humor over jokes, good nature over bad, feeling over sentiment, truth over poetry, consciousness over explanations, tragedy over pathos, comedy over tragedy, entertainment over art, private over public, generosity over meanness, charity over murder, love over charity, irreplaceable over interchangeable, divergence over concurrence, principle over interest, people over principle.”

PeopleArtFeelingsSpiritDiesLiteratureEnergyInterestConsciousnessPrinciplesComedyLowsJokesTragedyMurderCharityEntertainmentWitGenerosityExplanationSentimentsApathyCriteriaMeannessDullnessPathosIrreplaceableGood HumorGood NatureEither OrLive And Let LiveDivergenceConcurrence
Book:Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Create image

“I've always thought the American eagle needed a left wing and a right wing. The right wing would see to it that economic interests had their legitimate concerns addressed. The left wing would see to it that ordinary people were included in the bargain. Both would keep the great bird on course. But with two right wings or two left wings, it's no longer an eagle and it's going to crash.”

PeopleTwoCoursesLeftInterestEconomicNeededBirdOrdinaryConcernWingsCrashOrdinary PeopleEaglesBargainsRight WingLeft WingAmerican Eagle
Author:Bill Moyers
Create image

“I began writing books after speaking for several years and I realize that when you have a written book people think that you're smarter than you really are if I can joke. But it's interesting. People will buy your book and hire you without reading the book just because you have a book and you have a book on a subject that they think is of interest to themselves or e to their company.”

PeopleIfsThinkingWritingYearsI CanBookReadingInterestRealizingInterestingCompanyWrittenSubjectsJokesSmarterWriting A Book
Author:Brian Tracy
Create image

“Well, good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. So automatically you're getting closer to potentially divine sources of interest because it is abstract. It's one of the only ways that a film actor can express himself in the abstract and have audiences still go along for the ride. They don't contend it. They accept it, that they're going to go places that are a bit more of the imagination, a bit more out there, and that's more and more where I like to dance.”

PeopleWayMindWellsStillsBigsFilmActorsAsksBitsInterestImaginationFictionAcceptingAudienceImpossibleDivineSourceRootsIntelligentScience FictionAbstractBig QuestionsAlong For The RideFilm ActorsGood Science
Author:Nicolas Cage
Create image

“As people get their opinions so largely from the newspapers they read, the corruption of the schools would not matter so much if the Press were free. But the Press is not free. As it costs at least a quarter of a million of money to establish a daily newspaper in London, the newspapers are owned by rich men. And they depend on the advertisements of other rich men. Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones.”

PeopleIfsMenMatterSchoolInterestOpinionMillionsRichDependsCostPressesCorruptionLondonNewspapersJournalistPrintEditorsQuartersReplacedRich ManAdvertisementsFreedom Of The PressSubservient
Author:George Bernard Shaw
Create image

“There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal interest to accomplish his ends and gives free scope to the unguided exertions and common sense of the people. The Russian centers all his authority of society in a single arm. The principal instrument of the former is freedom; of the latter, servitude. Their starting point is different and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems marked by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe.”

PeopleWorldGivingTwoDifferentEndsSeemsCoursesHeavenNationsInterestCommonHalfDestinyUnited StatesArmsAuthorityInstrumentsStartingAccomplishCommon SenseFormerRelyLatterPrincipalGlobesScopeStarting PointServitudeExertionGreat NationsPresent TimeRely UponPersonal Interest
Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
Create image

“Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then is it that when anyone commits anything novel in the arts he should be always greeted by this same peevish howl of pain and surprise? One is led to suspect that the interest people show in these much talked of commodities, painting, music, and writing, cannot be very deep or very genuine when they so wince under an unexpected impact.”

PeopleShouldWritingArtShowsPainArtistInterestNovelPolicyPaintingHairHusbandImpactSurpriseGenuineCommitAcquireUnexpectedSuspectsShadeCommodityJewelsNoveltyVery DeepHowlInsurance PolicyWince
Author:John Dos Passos
Create image

“I understand that unless you have a government of laws, rather than a government of people, you cannot protect dissent. And I understand, as a woman who probably would have been burned in the marketplace for witchcraft only about 200 years ago, that I need the First Amendment more than anybody does. And that even if I am repelled by child pornography or Bob Guccione's productions, that I have to protect those things, because essentially it's in my self-interest to do so.”

PeopleIfsNeedsYearsFirstsChildrenDoeHas BeensSelfGovernmentLawInterestProtectYears AgoProductionsAmendmentsBobFree SpeechBurnedPornographySelf InterestMarketplaceDissentFirst AmendmentWitchcraft
Author:Erica Jong
Create image

“People do not get tired out from working where work is intelligently handled. Work, if it is interesting, is a stimulant. It's worry and a lack of interest in what one does that tire and discourage. Every one of us should have our pet interests-as many as we can handle efficiently and happily. Our interests should never be allowed to lag or get cold so that all enthusiasm is spent. Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up to your interests-feeding them as they feed you!”

PeopleIfsShouldDoeInterestWorkInterestingWorryColdShould HaveTiredHandleEnthusiasmTriumphEach DayPetFeedingTireDiscouragingLagStimulants
Author:George Matthew Adams
Create image

“It's not greed and ambition that makes wars--it's goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, we've managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems we'll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity.”

PeopleMenWarReasonSeemsHumanityOrderNextInterestDestinyGoodnessAmbitionDignityGreedTyrannyLiberationPreservesDamnManifestButchersManifest Destiny
Book:The screenplays
Create image

“But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress.”

PeopleWorldLongMadeUseGovernmentMightForcePresidentInterestDecisionDemocracyViolenceSecurityMilitaryPolicyExampleEthicsConstitutionCongressHuman RightsConvincedChiefsForeign PolicyRootedRepresentativesNational SecurityCommandersCommander In ChiefUse Of Force
Author:Barack Obama
Create image

“If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values. And one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we can. It doesn't matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation... It does not matter.”

PeopleIfsLooksWarMatterHomeRealityValuesCoursesPoliticsInterestCommunityDecisionSituationPolicyStrategyFactorsIdeologyPrisonerForeign PolicyCompetingBattlefieldsPrisoner Of War
Author:Hillary Clinton
Create image

“Are we bereft of citizenship because we are mothers, wives and daughters of a mighty people? Have women no country--no interests staked in public weal--no liabilities in common peril--no partnership in a nation's guilt and shame?”

PeopleCountryMotherNationsInterestCommonWifeDaughterShameGuiltPartnershipCitizenshipPerilLiabilityBereftWife And Daughter
Book:On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters
Create image

“For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no one's interests. That restriction prevents people from drawing on this country's rich and diverse religious heritage for guidance, and it degrades the nation's moral discourse by placing a whole realm of theological reasoning out of bounds. The price of that sort of quarantine, at a time of moral dislocation, is - and has been - far too high.”

PeopleHas BeensCountryWholeSchoolChristianAmericaNationsInterestReligiousMoralRichPoliticianBoundsDrawingDebateNervousGuidanceRealmsReasoningHeritageClassroomDiverseDiscourseRestrictionTheologicalDegradeAdministratorsQuarantineDislocation
Author:Nancy Gibbs
Create image

“On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed with them was immoral, outrageous, sinful, sacrilegious, offensive, intolerable, stupid, illogical, treasonable, actionable, against the public interest, ridiculous, and obscene. The two subjects were (of course) sex and religion.”

PeopleTwoCoursesSexInterestOpinionSubjectsStupidAbsolutesMajorityRidiculousOverwhelmingOffensiveImmoralSincerelyOutrageousAbsolute TruthObsceneIllogicalPublic InterestSacrilegious
Book:To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Create image

“For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best interests of his constituents and our country. From the committee room to the Senate chamber, Senator Specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate - always willing to reach across the aisle and work across party lines to get the job done, regardless of political gamesmanship or gain.”

PeopleCountryReasonDoneJobsPoliticalPassionThreeVoiceInterestLinesRoomsPartyHistoryWillingGainsDeterminationIndependenceDecadesDebateDevotionOur CountrySenateSenatorsCommitteesChamberToughnessConstituentsAislePennsylvaniaGet The Job DoneVoice Of Reason
Author:Nancy Pelosi
Create image

“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain "above the fray" only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”

PeopleGivingShouldIdeasPoliticalPoliticsInterestResearchTasksStressPracticalsCarrieSpellsLicenseImplicationsAcademiaMisuseFrayVested InterestsScholarlyIdeologues
Author:Stephanie Coontz
Create image

“The fallacy is that politicians don't really do much about social issues. They just demonize their opponents as elitists and reap the benefit. It's a stupid way to do politics. Economic issues can more often be addressed concretely, and it would seem logical for people to vote their interests in this area.”

PeopleWaySeemsSocialInterestIssuesEconomicStupidPoliticianBenefitsAreasVoteOpponentsLogicalSocial IssuesReapFallacyOften IsElitistEconomic Issues
Author:Timothy Noah
Create image

“No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But we need to think about where to draw the line on these kind of operations so we're not always attacking our allies, the people we trust, the people we need to rely on, and to have them in turn rely on us.”

PeopleThinkingNeedsKindCountryStatesTurnsInterestLinesUnitedUnited StatesPlansDrawsIndependentIntentionArguingOperationsRelyAlliesAttackingForeign Countries
Author:Edward Snowden
Create image

“I had written three books [Games of Throne], at that point, and each one of them was better than the other. At a certain point, as the books were doing well, I started getting interest from Hollywood, from various producers and studios who were initially interested in doing a feature film. I met with some of those people and I had phone conversations with some of those people, but I didn't see it being done as a feature film.”

PeopleWellsBookDoneFilmCertainThreeGamesInterestWrittenMetsConversationHollywoodPhonesVariousStudiosProducersFeaturesThronesBeing Done
Author:George R. R. Martin
Create image

“Good breeding and good nature do incline us rather to help and raise people up to ourselves, than to mortify and depress them, and, in truth, our own private interest concurs in it, as it is making ourselves so many friends, instead of so many enemies.”

PeopleHelpingInterestEnemyFriendsBehaviorRaisesMannersDepressingBreedingMany FriendsInclineGood NatureGood BreedingConcur
Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
Create image

“Even if this advice to portfolio decision makers to drop dead is good advice, it obviously is not counsel that will be eagerly followed. Few people will commit suicide without a push. And fewer still will pay good money to be told to do what is against human nature and self-interest to do.”

PeopleIfsHumansStillsSelfInterestDecisionPayAdviceHuman NatureSuicideInvestingCommitMakersFewerSelf InterestGood AdvicePortfoliosGood MoneyDecision Makers
Author:Paul Samuelson
Create image

“Projections are put together by people who have an interest in a particular outcome, have a subconscious bias, and its apparent precision makes it fallacious. They remind me of Mark Twain's saying, 'A mine is a hole in the ground owned by a liar.' Projections in America are often a lie, although not an intentional one, but the worst kind because the forecaster often believes them himself.”

PeopleBelieveKindTogetherAmericaLyingInterestWorstMinesParticularMarkInvestingHolesOutcomesLiarsBiasSubconsciousProjectionPrecision
Author:Charlie Munger
Create image

“Learn their lesson, that if you would teach people you first must capture their interest with news; that your service rather than your sermons must be your claim upon their attention; that what you say must be simple, and brief, and above all sincere - the unmistakable voice of true regard and affection.”

PeopleIfsFirstsVoiceInterestSimpleAttentionTeachLessonsNewsClaimsRegardAffectionSincereCaptureSermons
Book:The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus
Create image

“I'll suffer no daughter of mine to play the fool with her heart, indeed! She shall marry for the purpose for which matrimony was ordained amongst people of birth--that is, for the aggrandisement of her family, the extending of their political influence--for becoming, in short, the depository of their mutual interest. These are the only purposes for which persons of rank ever think of marriage.”

PeopleThinkingHeartPersonsPlayPoliticalPurposeSufferingInterestInfluenceMinesFoolBirthBecomingDaughterMutualMatrimonyExtendingMutual InterestPolitical Influence
Book:Marriage [by S.E. Ferrier]. Edinb. ed
Create image

“Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.”

PeopleSelfChristianInterestSimpleVirtueDemocracyLandDutyCitizensRepublicanProtectGoodnessStandingArmyThreatSimplicityMannersRelyRepublicTyrantsImperativesSelf InterestMonarchyCoercionBenevolenceSplendorSobrietyFactionsDazzlingFrugalityPublic GoodYeoman
Author:James Monroe
Create image