Interests Quotes - page 10

Realism isn't pessimism. And though the anti-reform interests have won an unconscionable number of battles over the last decade, the war is by no means over. (John Ralston Saul)
When... in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests? View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies. View quote
Meg Cabot
Bureaucrats want bigger bureaus. Special interests are interested in whatever's special to them. These two groups bring great pressure to bear upon politicians who have another agenda yet: to cater to the temporary whims and fads of the public and the press. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines. View quote
Po Bronson
Maybe-just maybe-Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.) View quote
Rick Riordan
In the long run the [Nazi] movement was moving to a position in which the economic New Order would be controlled by the Party through a bureaucratic apparatus staffed by technical experts and dominated by political interests, not unlike the system that had already been built up in the Soviet Union. View quote
Richard Overy
[T]here could be no guarantee in a free market that the interests of race or state as Hitler defined them would take priority over the interests of businessmen or consumers. After 1933 the role of the state in regulating and directing economic life increased sharply, first in order to encourage economic revival, then to divert economic resources to the growth of German military power... [which] led, in an unplanned, incremental way, to the establishment of a kind of command economy. View quote
Richard Overy
The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent. View quote
Robert Greene
The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers. View quote
Walter Hill
For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working. (Ferdinand Buisson)
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. View quote
Sheryl Sandberg
I have always been proud of my association with Temple University. I have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and its students. As a result, I have tendered my resignation from the Temple University Board of Trustees. View quote
Bill Cosby
What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker. View quote
Brian Selznick
We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life. View quote
Gordon W. Allport
Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe. View quote
Dario Fo
When you're a writer, everything that interests you feeds into your work. View quote
Dave Morris
We need to defend the interests of those whom we've never met and never will. View quote
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests. View quote
Alexander Stille
I think people everywhere have a very dismaying feeling that politics are going over their heads, are being decided by wealthy interests that don't take them into consideration. And are bending the legislative process in their own behalf. View quote
Alexander Stille
Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over. (Edward St Aubyn)
[...]my memory is reasonably good-unlike yours, dear sir!” "Mine is erratic,” he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me. View quote
Georgette Heyer
It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life. View quote
Jerzy Kosinski
Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task. View quote
Hjalmar Branting
War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture. View quote
Carlos Saavedra Lamas