Quotes about Being Interested

Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested. Votes: 4

The portal into people's hearts is being interested in them. Votes: 4

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing. Votes: 4

Be more concerned with being interested than being interesting. Votes: 3

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first. Votes: 3

Remind yourself daily to spend more time being interested then interesting. Votes: 3

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do. Votes: 3

Thank you for being interested. Doesn't sound much but it meant just about everything. Votes: 3

Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself. Votes: 3

It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think. Votes: 3

I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting. Votes: 3

No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. Votes: 3

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested. Votes: 3

A lot of times that I'm single is not for a lack of anyone being interested; it's me. Votes: 3

The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it. Votes: 3

I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything. Votes: 3

Once you reach your fifties, you have to stop being interested in the present and write only on Elizabethan poets. Votes: 3

The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry. Votes: 3

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. Votes: 3

It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness. Votes: 3

The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do. Votes: 3

Oh, yes - being interested in acting never changes. Acting is in your blood, and of course I'll always be interested in it. Votes: 3

I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for keys. Votes: 3

You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you. Votes: 3

There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family. Votes: 3

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. Votes: 3

I grew up in Tennessee where you either play football or you don't do anything at all. So I was a bit of loner, being interested in music. Votes: 3

I started getting into Internet technologies and computers. I wasn't especially interested in being a musician, but I wound up finding my way back to being interested in music through computers. Votes: 3

It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don't you invest more time being interested?" Collin's advice from John Gardner that he took to heart. Votes: 3

I've never understood why people get mad at others for not being interested in them romantically - especially when there are so many reasons to be mad at people that are within their control. Votes: 3

If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song, Votes: 3

If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song. Votes: 3

Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language. Votes: 3

I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place and its history, digging into the earth and looking for it, searching - it's a passion. Votes: 3

I always call Billy Elliot a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from the other kids about wanting to be a writer and being interested in drama. Votes: 3

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the way they were representing black people over and over and over again in the same way. Votes: 3

Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard. Votes: 3

We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things. Votes: 3

My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love. When I started being interested in fashion, she was very supportive, bringing me to see exhibits and buying me books. And when I started my company, she was right there to help me! Votes: 3

One of the achievements of our generation of feminists was to emancipate women from the division between being interested in clothes and appearance, and being serious and ambitious. I am of the first generation that could go to Biba, wear miniskirts and get a degree. Votes: 3

I said that my father was not a politician. I, instead, think I am. But not in the sense of being interested in a political career - rather in the sense that I think it necessary to strive to build a certain India, the India I want. Votes: 3

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do. Votes: 3

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do. Votes: 3

I'm not interested in being liked. Votes: 2

What I'm interested in is human beings alone. Votes: 2

Human beings are interested in the human condition. Votes: 2

I'm more interested in being good than being famous. Votes: 2

I'm really interested in photography, like every other human being. Votes: 2

I'm no longer interested in being in big commercial films. Votes: 2

I was never interested in being an overly public person. Votes: 2

So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro. Votes: 2

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate. Votes: 2

I'm not so interested in being indie just for the sake of being indie. Votes: 2

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave. Votes: 2

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies. Votes: 2

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff. Votes: 2

I'm not interested in being Don Quixote. I'm interested in running the City of New York. Votes: 2

I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful. Votes: 2

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it. Votes: 2

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed. Votes: 2

I've never been interested in being relevant. Votes: 0

Being interested is more important than being interesting. Votes: 0

You should focus on being more interested than interesting. Votes: 0

I’m not interested in being polite. It’s false. Votes: 0

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being known as the singer from Led Zeppelin. Votes: 0

I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being a wife. I'm interested in being an empress. Votes: 0

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being a "lover." I'm interested in only being love. Votes: 0

I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs. Votes: 0

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people. Votes: 0

I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed. Votes: 0

I was always more interested in being a woman first and an advertising person second. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in a lot of the medieval art portraying people being tormented. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in being in other people's movies. I never get any offers. Votes: 0

Being interested in a woman is quite another matter from being in love with one. Votes: 0

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being fearful. I'm not a good flyer, but that doesn't stop me. Votes: 0

The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself. Votes: 0

I am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt. Votes: 0

I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke. Votes: 0

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. Votes: 0

I am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt. Votes: 0

I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically. Votes: 0

Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. Votes: 0

I adore the game, but wouldn't be interested in being the England coach in a million years. Votes: 0

When I was very young, before I could read, I remember being very interested in comic books. Votes: 0

I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry. Votes: 0

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things. Votes: 0

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy. Votes: 0

Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. Votes: 0

If you truly love someone, you should be more interested in keeping them happy than in being right. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director. Votes: 0

I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start. Votes: 0

It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it. Votes: 0

I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being Donald Trump or anybody else's vice president, that's not what I'm aiming at... Votes: 0

I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time. Votes: 0

I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real. Votes: 0

Being flirty is a way of letting a guy know you're interested without making a fool out of yourself. Votes: 0

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep. Votes: 0

I don't think about it in terms of being a woman. Being gracious, attentive, curious, interested are requirements for everyone. Votes: 0

It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together. Votes: 0

I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful. Votes: 0

I definitely want to work with people who are artists and who are interested in being their best version of themselves. Votes: 0

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches. Votes: 0

The aging Adams delightedly describes being surrounded by books on so many different subjects that interested him as "baits on fishhooks". Votes: 0

I am super-interested in fashion. I love being a person whose clothes get discussed. That makes it more interesting for me. Votes: 0

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested. Votes: 0

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven. Votes: 0

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. Votes: 0

I started getting interested in the notes that I could hear being generated when I hammered on while playing a classical guitar. Votes: 0

The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge. Votes: 0

Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose. Votes: 0

The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something. Votes: 0

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done. Votes: 0

The truth is I studied fine arts in Switzerland. I was just interested. I had no dream of being a movie star. Votes: 0

I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist. Votes: 0

I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me, I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons. Votes: 0

I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons. Votes: 0

Personally, I'm not interested in getting more money for what I do; I'm just interested in more money being put into the production. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in the idea of the artificial landscape. Reforming the landscape. Architecture being a method of reforming the earth's surface. Votes: 0

If you want to capitulate to what commercial needs are, you can always be commercially valuable, but I'm not interested in being that. Votes: 0

Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand. Votes: 0

I wasn't interested in fame or fortune. I was interested in being an actor and being creative. I was very adamant about that. Votes: 0

I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman... it amazes me still. Votes: 0

If you are an intelligent human being then you are interested in climate change because it's the most important issue of our time. Votes: 0

I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman it amazes me still. Votes: 0

I am very interested in asking questions, and I am very interested in being involved in shows that ask people to think and feel. Votes: 0

There's a fear that I don't think people are interested in my actual opinion. I just think people are interested in me being funny. Votes: 0

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian. Votes: 0

I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself. Votes: 0

I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph. Votes: 0

In my fourth grade classroom, I even instituted a government structure, because I was really interested in people having positions and there being law. Votes: 0

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. Votes: 0

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure. Votes: 0

I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with 'expressing' myself with obscure creative impressions. Votes: 0

I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable. Votes: 0

Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me. Votes: 0

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world. Votes: 0

Why are you so interested in amoebas?" "Oh, they're immortal," he said, "and sort of shapeless and flexible. Being a person is getting too complicated. Votes: 0

Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at. Votes: 0

I don't find inspiration by just sitting down with a guitar anymore. I lost that. I started being so interested in other kinds of music. Votes: 0

People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves. Votes: 0

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives. Votes: 0

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives Votes: 0

Women aren't interested in being sexy any more and men are. All the guys have objectified themselves and sexualised themselves into being just matinee idols. Votes: 0

I have no bones to pick and no fight with society. And I'm willing to be and interested in being in the mainstream of society. Votes: 0

Seeing' as you travel is somewhat of a spiritual exercise: a process not of seeking interesting surroundings, but of being continually interested in whatever surrounds you. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in making money, or being wealthy enough to have a villa in Beverly Hills, because in Paris I don't need that much money. Votes: 0

Making the majors is not as hard as staying there, staying interested day after day. It's like being married. The hardest part is to stay married. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most beautiful thing about women. Votes: 0

Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob. Votes: 0

But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public Votes: 0

The Democrats really are not interested in keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists. They're interested in keeping you from being able to get guns. Votes: 0

The Democrats really are not interested in keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists. They're interested in keeping you from being able to get guns. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the stuff he's turning out. Votes: 0

But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public. Votes: 0

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms. Votes: 0

Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on. Votes: 0

I'm very interested, in all my books, in community, what binds people together, which I think is an obvious consequence of being the fourth of six children. Votes: 0

I was very interested in being a painter. I had facility, I had talent, and I loved painting and printmaking, and I was quite serious about it. Votes: 0

It's so crazy with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I feel so lucky when that happens. Votes: 0

The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer. Votes: 0

I'm just figuring out being able to understand that it's cool for me to date, and have guys be interested in me, and be interested in guys. Votes: 0

I'm very interested, in all my books, in community, what binds people together, which I think is an obvious consequence of being the fourth of six children. Votes: 0

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state. Votes: 0

I grew up being fascinated by accents and dialects. One of the things that interested me were actors that were doing different characters, or sort of more caricatures. Votes: 0

I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others. Votes: 0

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it. Votes: 0

I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound. Votes: 0

I'm interested in helping women become courageous in being exactly who they are. Because the only way to change anything is to do it from your genuine self. Votes: 0

New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God. Votes: 0

New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God Votes: 0

I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it. Votes: 0

We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band that I was starting. Votes: 0

I didn't think of being an artist until after I went away to boarding school. There were other things to be interested in. And it seemed like a nightmare. Votes: 0

The bit I love is I really love acting, really, and the circus of being a celebrity is something I'm sort of not interested in. I find it strange Votes: 0

I am fully present wherever I am. Why bother being in a community or neighborhood and not being fully present? I think that's colonization. I'm not interested in that. Votes: 0

The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in being one of those comedians who wants to look good and be this 'cool' funny person. I don't care how weird or ugly I look. Votes: 0

For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people. Votes: 0

It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest. Votes: 0

Being interested in doing undone things means you have the wish to have them done. But being powerful and filled with passion tells that you have the will to actualize them! Votes: 0