Top 1200 Common Interests Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests.

Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

A healthy corporation acts on the interests of its stakeholders and customers.

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.

We still are America though. We're still a country that is a country of social mobility. We're still a country of immigrants. We're still a country with common ancestors. And reviving the civics of America and the idea that we're going to be united, at least not right now, but in some common future, and talking in that hopeful way that Martin Luther King did, that Abraham Lincoln did, seems to me that's the way.

I remember getting advice like, "Oh, do what interests you. Don't worry about tomorrow, live for today," kind of thing. And to a degree, you've got to do that, you've got to follow your passions. You've got to follow your dreams, but you also have to have a plan. You can't just say I'm going to do what interests me today and I'm not going to worry about tomorrow, that doesn't work. And anyone who's tried that I think quickly finds that out. Think about what turns you on, what do you dream about? But along with that, make a plan and work hard to make it happen.

We are a regional party, and our interests are for the people of Odisha.

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

I want to stand up for Britain's national interests.

The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux.

Give people a common enemy, and you will give them a common identity. Deprive them of an enemy and you will deprive them of the crutch by which they know who they are.

We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.

I have business interests in Dubai, Monaco and all over the world.

I have the privilege of ministering in many different streams of the church. When you do that you're never going to subscribe to everything each other believe, but there's always so much common ground. The main and plain stuff you have in common, so you build upon that. I've never found a stream of the church I didn't learn something from. Every single time, even if I didn't personally agree with everything, there was something I took away, or learned, and felt like a stronger worshipper or worship leader.

No man will work for your interests unless they are his.

I'm interested in stories that aren't getting told: it's where my interests lie.

I photograph what interests me. I'm not saying anything different.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.

The unfolding of the bare human soul...that is what interests me.

When you're a writer, everything that interests you feeds into your work.

It is a happy coincidence between what my constituents believe and my interests.

Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

I try to take my interests and make them my work.

When you pay for stuff, it has more of your interests in heart.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

I want a Supreme Court that doesn't always side with corporate interests.

The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests.

I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well

When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

Writing is definitely something that interests me a lot.

To cast in it with Hyde was to die a thousand interests and aspirations.

I want to end tax dumping. States that have a common currency should not be engaged in tax competition. We need a minimum tax rate and a European finance minister, who would be responsible for closing the tax loopholes and getting rid of the tax havens inside and outside the EU. It is also clear that we have to reach common standards in our economic and labor policies. We cannot continue to just talk about technical details. We have to inspire enthusiasm in Germany for Europe.

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

A garden is mainly ...a space around which interests can be accumulated.

India seeks friendly relations but without compromising on its interests.

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

It's silly to build a wall around your interests.

Wanting to do one thing can require that you take on other interests.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's interests and imagination and by one's passion.

I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself. When Anne Sexton admonished me, "We are all writing God's poem," I took it to mean there should be no competition between writers because we are all involved in a common project, a common prayer. But to Gore's and Norman's generation, particularly those male writers who served in the second world war, the prizefighter paradigm remains.

If you take a look at education, the kids that get good grades are said to humiliate those who don't. And what, then, do we do? Slow them down. We put obstacles in their way. We do not devise public education systems that are designed to deal with their superior learning ability. We retard it so that they don't learn any more, any faster than the lowest common denominator - and that really is the nub of it. The Democrats' equality and sameness is all going to be defined by the lowest common denominator.

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

Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs.

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

It's a daunting task to create something that interests audiences.

I believe it's in the best interests of a child to be in a stable environment.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Immortality no longer interests the weary old man at all.

People are largely ignorant of the interests of the human species.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well.

At uni I met a lot of people I had nothing in common with. Some were very clever, some very rich, some very sporty. Some of them became my best friends, but not at first. Having things in common isn't always the best start to a friendship. I'd stick with it! Also, try to chat to people when they're on their own. So many people feel they need to perform in big groups.