“The capital amassed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through various forms of slave economy is still in circulation, said De Jong, still bearing interest, increasing many times over and continually burgeoning anew.” SaidStillsFormInterestEconomyCenturySlaveVariousNineteenth CenturyCirculation Book:The Rings of Saturn Source: The Rings of Saturn
“To his ex-wife in court, he said I lost interest in you when the Botox lost its effect and you looked like a plastic doll that escaped from a fire.” SaidLostInterestFireWifeEffectsCourtPlasticExesScornDollsBotoxEx WifeHis Ex Author:Peter Jackson
“What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can only interest himself in one thing. But I can't do any thing else. I have only one interest.” IfsMenSaidI CanInterestOne ThingPaintingPity Author:Claude Monet
“It is said that my art has some typically Nordic features: the curving lines, the convolutions, the magical masks and staring eyes that appear in myths and folk art. This may be. My interest in the dynamics of Jugend style probably also comes into it.” MayArtSaidEyeInterestLinesStyleFolksMythStaringFeaturesMaskDynamicsNordicFolk Art Book:Asger Jorn Source: Asger Jorn
“And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws.” MenMayArtMadeSaidGovernmentLawNationsInterestCitiesCasesModernSubjectsEmpiresPrudence Book:Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics' Source: Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics'
“My father said, Don't grow up to be a woman, and what he meant by that was, a housewife ... without any interests.” SaidFatherGrowsInterestGrowing UpHousewife Author:Maria Goeppert-Mayer
“I looked at my family and I said, "I've got a spouse. I've got three kids. There's no way I'm ever buying a music subscription service for the five of us. It's just not going to happen." So we wanted to do something really great for families... It wasn't easy. We had to convince the labels it was in their best interests, too.” WaySaidHappensKidsWantedThreeEasyInterestFiveMy FamilyLabelsBuyingConvinceReally GreatSpouseSubscription Author:Eddy Cue
“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'” WayChildrenSaidIdeasSchoolLostPresidentInterestAttitudeTeacherGroupsExampleOffersUnionsDareDuesProtestNew IdeasRepresentingFederationTeachers Unions Author:Mitt Romney
“Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.” ThinkingShouldHumansMaySaidImportantPassionInterestModernIntellectualInstitutionsCuriositySatisfactionWelfareCharacteristicsConsiderationApplicationDevotedRulingOutstandingCultivationModern TimesImmediacyIntellectual LifeRuling Passion Author:Abraham Flexner
“Pure community is a matter of no interest to any will; but a community which pursues a common good is of supreme interest to all wills; and what we have here said is that whatever the nature of that common good ... it must contain the development of individual powers, as a prior condition for all other goods.” SaidMatterIndividualInterestCommunityCommonConditionsDevelopmentPureSupremePursueGoodsCommon GoodIndividual Power Author:William Ernest Hocking
“Tardiness is next to wickedness in a society relentless in its consumption of time as both a good and a service--as tweet and Instagram, film clip and sound bite, as sporting event, investment opportunity, Tinder hookup, and interest rate--its value measured not by its texture or its substance but by the speed of its delivery, a distinction apparent to Andy Warhol when he supposedly said that any painting that takes longer than five minutes to make is a bad painting.” SaidFilmValuesNextOpportunitySoundInterestFiveMinutesEventsPaintingInvestmentRateSpeedSubstanceDistinctionBitesConsumptionWickednessFive MinutesRelentlessInstagramTextureTweetDeliveryInterest RateClipWarholSound BitesSporting EventsTinderTardiness Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“[Australian Reserve Bank] Governor MacFarlane said recently when Paul Volcker broke the back of American inflation it's regarded as the policy triumph of the Western world. When I broke the back of Australian inflation they say, "Oh, you're the fellow that put the interest rates up." Am I not the same fellow that gave them the 15 years of good growth and high wealth that came from it?” WorldYearsSaidGrowthInterestWealthPolicyFellowsWesternRateBrokeTriumphGovernorsReservesInflationAustralianWestern WorldInterest Rate Author:Paul Keating
“A man once said that the pinnacle of success Is when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity A noble enough idea, I suppose How on earth he does this, heaven only knows I know I need a lot more of all three of those Before I ever have the nerve to turn up my nose At any money, compliments, and publicity.” KnowsMenNeedsDoeSaidIdeasEnoughEarthTurnsThreeLostHeavenInterestNobleNosesNervesComplimentPublicityPinnacle Author:Todd Snider
“Tomorrow President Obama will host NASCAR racing champion Kevin Harvick at the White House. They both said they look forward to spending an hour or two not having the slightest interest in what the other is saying.” LooksSaidTwoHousePresidentInterestHoursWhiteTomorrowSpendingChampionWhite HouseRacingHostPresident ObamaKevinNascarNascar Racing Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Charitable endeavour exalts the prestige and the status of the giver. This may sound unduly cynical but as with all philantrophic activity, it is not easy to unravel the mutually reinforcing motives of selflessness and self-interest. All that can safely be said is that most members of the royal family have difficulty distinguishing between concern about society, concern about the social order and concern about what best to do so they can remain at the top of it.” MaySaidSelfOrderSocialEasySoundInterestActivityMembersConcernDifficultyMotiveCynicalSelflessnessRoyalSelf InterestGiverEndeavourPrestigeCharitableSocial OrderBritish HistoryRoyal Family Author:David Cannadine