Best 1087 quotes in «interest quotes» category

But we were doing plays and movies which I had nothing to do with other than being a producer, and I don't have that kind of interest or time any more.

By eliminating the tax breaks and special interest loopholes that primarily benefit the wealthy, our framework ensures that the benefits of tax reform go to the middle class, not the highest earners.

By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

By the time you establish your priorities, there really isn't any fun or need to interest yourself in what you're doing. And this I find disastrous.

Can we unite against ourselves for our own higher interest?

Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence.

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.

Certainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there.

Certainly the interest in asserting copyright is a justified one.

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.

Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others.

Complete free trade is not politically feasible. Why? Because it's only in the general interest and in no one's special interest.

Compound interest is proof of gods existence.

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

Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.

Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all.

Creativity is, quite simply, a genuine interest combined with initiative.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.

Current education policy is not in the interests of women. An injustice is being perpetrated.

Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.

Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.

Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

Defense is what matters. Scoring doesn't interest me.

Design does not really interest me

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

Dior really was a savior. He almost single-handedly revived women's interest in clothes.

Discipline means protection from one's own wanton interest.

Do not rest, believer, until you have full assurance of your interest in Jesus.

Donald Trump has to understand and his family has to understand that there is a public interest which transcends them.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.

Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.

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

Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost.

Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.

Edith Sitwell's interest in art was largely confined to portraits of herself.

Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming.

English civilization the humanizing, the bringing into one harmonious and truly humane life, of the whole body of English society that is what interests me.

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me.

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

Even as age humbles me it feeds my arrogance. There is still nothing that interests me as much as myself.

Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.

Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.