The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. Votes: 4
William MorrisInterest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship. Votes: 3
Philibert Joseph RouxPoliticians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. Votes: 3
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldPoliticians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. Votes: 3
Lord ChesterfieldFriendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. Votes: 2
James F. ByrnesThe bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing. Votes: 2
William PatersonGames shouldn't only be fun. They should teach or spark an interest in other things. Votes: 2
Hideo KojimaThe things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens... Votes: 2
Nicole KidmanWhat interests me the most is expressing what's in nature, in the visible world, that is. Votes: 2
Giorgio MorandiMy interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. Votes: 2
Charles KetteringSelf-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldHow could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups? Votes: 0
Edward AbbeyAuthentic programming that shows the outside world garners authentic interest. Votes: 0
Constance WuMother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. Votes: 0
David RockefellerBoredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldSelf-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good. Votes: 0
William H. PrescottVirtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldBoth political parties have a richly vested interest in corporate corruption. Votes: 0
Arianna HuffingtonNone of the Christian religions do [interest me]. They're all outer-directed. Votes: 0
George CarlinSelf-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThere's a big difference between showing interest and really taking interest. Votes: 0
Michael NicholsWe do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates. Votes: 0
Jean-Claude JunckerWe have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders. Votes: 0
Sergei LavrovWe hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Votes: 0
Atal Bihari VajpayeeThat's what opium does to suffering: makes it of hypothetical interest only. Votes: 0
Sebastian FaulksIt's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest. Votes: 0
A. Philip RandolphWe do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldIf you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinPoliticians pay more attention to interest groups than to the public interest. Votes: 0
Alice RivlinCapital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence. Votes: 0
Walter BagehotSociety has really no graver interest than the well-being of the literary class. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonHalf the interest of the garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. Votes: 0
Mrs. C.W. EarleNothing is here in this world that is of any interest at all. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellHuman service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardI'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. Votes: 0
Aimee MullinsHalf the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. Votes: 0
Alice Morse EarlePolitical interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonWhen you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeCommon interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy. Votes: 0
Alexander HamiltonOnce you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep. Votes: 0
James Blanchard CisnerosA lot of high-level scientists are in fact people of almost universal interest. Votes: 0
Jonathan MillerOpinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. Votes: 0
Walter BenjaminI never had any interest in sitcoms or motion pictures or anything like that. Votes: 0
Norm MacDonaldIt is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable. Votes: 0
Graham GreeneI don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college. Votes: 0
Ellen OchoaThe government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business. Votes: 0
Pauline HansonWe live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiI have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry. Votes: 0
Muhammad IqbalDo not rest, believer, until you have full assurance of your interest in Jesus. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonIt's in everyone's best interest to help close the gender gap in the sciences. Votes: 0
Sarah BrightmanSelfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth. Votes: 0
William Jennings BryanWherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. Votes: 0
James MadisonPolitical debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions. Votes: 0
Carole BouquetI don't believe it is in the state's interest to industrialize our ridge lines. Votes: 0
James H. DouglasUnderstand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer. Votes: 0
Kate DiCamilloThe whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest. Votes: 0
Andrew LincolnAll interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life. Votes: 0
Thomas MannI'd always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance. Votes: 0
Jennifer Pharr DavisVery often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest. Votes: 0
John Mercer JohnsonI've always had an interest in design, and I have always loved creating things. Votes: 0
Jaime PresslyI have no interest whatsoever in being a high-fashion model, nor is it possible. Votes: 0
Rachael Leigh CookI have no interest whatsoever in being a high-fashion model, nor is it possible Votes: 0
Rachael Leigh CookThe quickest way to become an interesting person is to show interest in others. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzI watch sports and cable news. I'm a political junkie, so that's my interest. Votes: 0
Jerry SpringerFor all of us it's the things that won't work that keep our interest. Votes: 0
Rainer Werner FassbinderI have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs. Votes: 0
David LaChapelleEverything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people. Votes: 0
Marianne MooreIt's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia. Votes: 0
Juan Manuel SantosA man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawWe shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms. Votes: 0
Samuel ButlerMy cat knows the meaning of life, but has no interest in sharing the secret. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantA wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him. Votes: 0
William PennOne can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one Votes: 0
Oscar WildeWhen a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows. Votes: 0
Baden Powell de AquinoThe fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest. Votes: 0
Edmund WallerAnd so the danger for the housing industry is if we see interest rates rise. Votes: 0
Franklin Rainesit is in middle age that the interest of a life attains its highest point. Votes: 0
Janet Erskine StuartNo; that doesn't interest me.' 'That's because you never read a book about it. Votes: 0
Ernest HemingwayOur loves are not given, but only lent, At compound interest of cent per cent. Votes: 0
Rudyard KiplingBaseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest. Votes: 0
Rogers HornsbyThis paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it Votes: 0
John DaltonIf there is no possibility for change in a character, we have no interest in him. Votes: 0
Flannery O'ConnorMy interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in. Votes: 0
John TurturroI'm 41, I'm a woman not a kid. I have no interest in making silly pop music. Votes: 0
Shirley MansonWhat use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest? Votes: 0
Edmund WallerI have an excuse to show off my love of history, and my interest in cosmology. Votes: 0
Fred Van LenteNothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers. Votes: 0
Claude MonetWe knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd. Votes: 0
Bill CondonMy interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in. Votes: 0
John TurturroIt is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest. Votes: 0
Richard Brinsley SheridanActually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will. Votes: 0
David DuchovnySex, without society as its landscape, has never been of much interest to fiction.
Elizabeth HardwickLoyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNever lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
John D. RockefellerThe only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.
Christopher NolanItâs easy to be an expert if youâre the only one in the world with an interest.
Leonardo DiCaprioWe must forget ourselves and all self-interest, and listen, and be attentive to God.
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonWe have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.
Adel al-JubeirOur life is a loan received from death with sleep as the daily interest on this loan.
Arthur SchopenhauerThere are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse
Benjamin DisraeliJustice waits upon the great, Interest holds the scale, and Riches turns the balance.
Delarivier ManleyWe all lose our looks eventually, better develop your character and interest in life.
Jacqueline BissetIt's so much unwanted interest in your privacy that you don't want to invite anymore.
Natalie PortmanCrime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.
William LandayNature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.
Marcus Tullius CiceroTo a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.
Michael EmersonHorror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current
William Peter BlattyIt is not men that interest or disturb me primarily; it is ideas. Ideas live; men die.
Woodrow WilsonUnlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and an interest in facts.
Aldous HuxleyIt's possible to have more than one interest. I've been a painter and did summer stock.
Arne GlimcherIntense interest in any subject is indispensable if you're really going to excel in it.
Charlie MungerPoliticians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.
Donald J. BoudreauxMan was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.
Pearl S. BuckI have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.
Suzanne CollinsI have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art.
David GilmourWhen people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it.
George MeyerBeing a goaltender is not a job that would interest any normal, straight-thinking human.
Gump WorsleyTime will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle.
Jane AustenIf civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.
Ronald WrightCertainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there.
Salman RushdieI'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.
A. N. WilsonEver since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest
Berenice BejoThe warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.
Georges BatailleI've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.
Joseph MorganHappiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.
Paramahansa YoganandaBusiness need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.
Ratan TataBut what would interest you about the brook, It's always cold in summer, warm in winter.
Robert FrostI think my interest gets sparked when I recognize a memory. That is when I take a picture.
Alex MajoliWriting is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest.
Alfred DoblinYou cannot bore people into buying your product - you can only interest them in buying it.
David Ogilvy[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.
Edward GibbonMore things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.
Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-LiancourtAny one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.
Gilbert K. ChestertonMaybe, I want her to do anything she wants, but I hope her interest in singing stays high.
Lee Ann WomackI have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
Taron EgertonEducation is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.
Wendell PhillipsI dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.
Bobby FlayI don't have any interest whatsoever in getting back out there and bashing Hillary Clinton,
Gennifer FlowersIf artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.
George SantayanaFacebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.
George TakeiSome friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls.
Jeremy TaylorAll attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain.
John Owenthere is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.
Madame de StaelThere's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.
Sean O'CaseyWhen tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.
ThucydidesSuccessful people are willing to do what makes them uncomfortable in the interest of growth.
Bob ProctorI have no technical psychological interest; it is drama, speech,and events that interest me.
Evelyn WaughMy interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
Gary McCordI don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.
Isabelle AdjaniGod wants believers to take an interest in the well-being of the society in which they live.
Max AndersI have no interest in being famous. I'd love to vanish from the public eye as soon as I can.
Nadya SulemanI do take enormous interest in what's going on. I try to see whatever I can, whenever I can.
PJ HarveyWhere my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.
Winston ChurchillThere's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.
Anthony HorowitzI've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.
David HockneyIf your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.
Fran LebowitzNever let a boy know you're crazy about him. He'll lose interest, and then you'll be a loser.
Hailey AbbottGod's greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of His grace by making sinners happy in Him.
John PiperInvest your money in Dada! Dada is the only savings bank that pays interest in the hereafter!
Kurt SchwittersI have no interest in movies that take you somewhere dark and leave you there, for no reason.
Paul BettanyThe howl of self-interest is loud ... but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyMan acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.
Edmund BurkeFor it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.
H. L. MenckenIf it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.
Janet YellenYou could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.
Walter BenjaminEvery nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
William Sloane CoffinI have no further interest in the Czecho-Slovakian State, that is guaranteed. We want no Czechs
Adolf HitlerInterest refers to studentâs affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.
Carol Ann TomlinsonThere is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it.
Errol MorrisIf there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters.
J. K. RowlingI think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.
Paul NurseThat whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.
Robbie RobertsonIf you want to interest people, make them think. If you want to inspire people, make them feel.
Ron KaufmanClergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIt's the procedures in and for themselves that interest me. The picture isn't really necessary.
Sigmar PolkeNo man can have a reasonable opinion of women until he has long lost interest in hair-restorers.
Austin O'MalleyAltruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.
Greg BearThe essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child's whole personality.
Maria MontessoriMy charge as prime minister is to take any decision that is in the best interest of the country.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Fun is going to enhance interest, because people don't feel incompetent when they're having fun.
Matthew RichterI try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.
Nelson DeMille[My interest in music] is from my mother and my grandmother, who were pianists, and they taught.
Pauline OliverosWe have an infinite capacity for self interest, yet the infinite has absolutely no interest in us
Dean CavanaghYou explore concepts and things that interest you, but you are also exploring inside of yourself.
Ed PaschkeIt's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.
Emily GiffinHarmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
George WashingtonInterest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.
Georgia O'KeeffeIt is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing
James SchuylerAlways tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
Jimmy CarterThe cloven-foot of self-interest was now and then to be seen aneath the robe of public principle.
John GaltEach man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.
Kenneth WaltzIt was tough to get up for teams from the West. This will put a lot of interest back in the game.
Martin BrodeurPlaying an old record doesn't interest me at all. It's exactly the opposite of what I want to do.
Michael GiraMy interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture
Parker StevensonSuccessful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.
Paul WellstoneNow people ask whether photography is art, but I think the question is of absolutely no interest.
Peter LindberghNon-pantheist models for god seem almost completely untenable to me, though not without interest.
Quentin S. CrispI always had an interest in the environment... to protect our planet... for the ocean to go on...
Robert Lyn NelsonI've been proud to work on some really great children's shows, but they are not my only interest.
Stephanie D'AbruzzoProper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all times.
Brian TracyI think most organizations have an interest in key recovery, at least with respect to stored data.
Dorothy E. DenningThe most violent, mean and malignant passions of the human breast, the Furies of private interest.
Karl MarxI try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.
Kevin SmithIn the interest of not pissing you off anymore tonight, let's not select that particular playlist.
Kiersten WhiteThe gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it...
Mark TwainRacing has become more show time; we've got to have something new to create interest in the sport.
Richard PettyElderly people are like heat-seeking missiles for people who really have an interest in listening.
Robert M. EdselHonesty and interest are as intimately connected in the public as in the private code of morality.
Thomas JeffersonNo hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.
Thomas PikettyI sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals.
Toni MorrisonThe useful type of successful teacher is one whose main interest is the children, not the subject.
Walter RaleighBetween pigs and human beings there was not and there need not be any clash of interest whatsoever.
George OrwellBlue and green should never be seen together, but the person wearing this mix, will be of interest.
Jacques CartierMen are jealous of every woman, even when they don't have the slightest interest in her themselves.
Jan NerudaThe state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
John AshcroftIdeas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
John Kenneth GalbraithAny act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa.
Mahatma GandhiExistence is of little interest save on days when the dust of realities is mingled with magic sand.
Marcel ProustIt wouldn't interest me to try to sound like Cop or something. It would be silly and soul-crushing.
Michael GiraAdvertising enriches life by quickening the imagination, arousing interest and enlarging the taste.
Ralph Washington SockmanEvery human being should show the greatest interest in beekeeping because our lives depend upon it.
Rudolf SteinerWhy should you ask blood be spilled for a cause that is not in the interest of the American people?
Wally HergerI'm honestly flattered and humbled that anyone would show interest in something I've done, forever.
Wesley EisoldI can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
George WashingtonThe history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.
Paul KagameEven if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious.
Pema ChodronI wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?
Philip JohnsonThe pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.
Robert Henri