“The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.” ShouldYearsI CanStatesAbleAmericaInterestWalksUnitedUnited StatesPercentObligationBest ThingsReservesUnited States Of AmericaFederal Reserve Author:Andrew Tobias
“I violate no secret when I say that one of the greatest values in Masonry is that it affords an opportunity for men of all walks of life to meet on common ground where all men are equal and have one common interest.” MenValuesOpportunityInterestWalksCommonSecretEqualCommon GroundWalks Of LifeMasonicMasonryCommon Interests Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So my reaction to someone saying "You must!" or "You should!" or even "Hey, why don't you?" is basically to sort of shrug and politely walk off and do whatever I want to do. It's nobody else's business, really, and even if I happened to agree with one of those "musts" or "shoulds" what would I do about it, if my heart wasn't in it?” IfsWantShouldWritingHeartSaidInterestWalksHappenedMy HeartAgreeReactionsManageHey Author:George Saunders
“I knew my interest in the universe and I owned a telescope that I bought with money I earned by walking dogs. 50 cents per walk, per dog, and that accumulated quickly. I bought a camera, a telescope. I taught myself astrophotography. I did all this.” UniverseInterestWalksDogTaughtWalkingCamerasCentsTelescopes Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“All the walks of literature are infested with mendicants for fame, who attempt to excite our interest by exhibiting all the distortions of their intellects and stripping the covering from all the putrid sores of their feelings.” FeelingsLiteratureInterestWalksFameIntellectEgotismCoveringDistortionStripping Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“To do God's will as fast as it is made known to us, to inquire hourly -- I had almost said each moment -- what He requires of us, and to leave ourselves, our friends, and every interest at His control, with a cheerful trust that the path which He marks out leads to our perfection and to Himself, -- this is at once our duty and happiness; and why will we not walk in the plain, simple way?.” WayMadeSaidMomentsInterestSimpleWalksKnownPathDutyPerfectionMarkGods WillCheerfulCheerfulnessSimple Ways Book:Memoir of William Ellery Channing, with extracts from his correspondence and manuscripts ... Source: Memoir of William Ellery Channing, with extracts from his correspondence and manuscripts ...
“I’m not sure a lot of other people would walk up to the same artwork and see the shadow on the person’s face from the hat and be like “Do you see that!” It’s about noticing things that interest you, and that definitely happens with the natural world as well.” PeopleWorldWellsPersonsHappensFacesInterestNaturalWalksShadowNot SureHatsNatural WorldNoticingArtworkNoticing Things Author:Laura Owens
“The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest. He is a fellow who thoroughly enjoys his work, just as people who enjoy bird walks enjoys theirs. Each new excursion of the essayist, each new 'attempt,' differs from the last and takes him into new country. This delights him. Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingPersonsSelfCountryHappensLastsBeliefEnjoyInterestWalksBirdFellowsDelightEssaysSelf CenteredLiberatedStaminaEssayistsExcursions Book:Essays of E. B. White Source: Essays of E. B. White