160 Quotes About Interests

One person with a belief is worth 99 people who have only interests.

It's not in the interests of the self-serving government to educate the masses to the point where they are smart enough to see through the bullshit - because then people will be too smart to vote for them again.

We all have those things, I think – those things we want too badly to speak about aloud for fear someone'll swoop in and tell us we're just dreaming, those things we hold close and fantasize about at night and swear to the world we don't care that much about.

I loved libraries, in general—they were the one place so many conflicting ideas could stand being next to each other. I, too, was a mixed bag of interests, not married to any single theme or style.

Undoubtedly, interests carry such egomania and greed that denies and even disgraces laws, rules, resolutions, reports, rights, equality, justice, and peace.

Although acting inconsistently with one’s own implicit interests and developmental trends can sometimes pay off, the data suggest that those who ignore their deeper impulses, curiosities, and values typically experience sub-optimal outcomes. For example, the latter types tend not to be the ones who make a mark on history.

Cultivate interests. Interests are a shield against despair.

The secret to a happy life is having lots of interests. Interests are ammunition against despair.

I infallibly discern a flaw in all those who are interested in the same things as myself. . . .