Top 1200 Common Interests Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

I'm really interested in bands that sound nothing like anything I do or can do. That's what interests me.

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India.

To do well those thing which God ordained to be the common lot of all man-kind, is the truest greatness. To be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman... We should never be discouraged in those daily tasks which God has ordained to the common lot of man... Let us not be trying to substitute an artificial life for the true one.

Very few politicians in Washington really represent the interests of many people.

How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?

It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.

I see myself in business. I'm good with numbers. It's just something that interests me.

Progressives and Islamists are indeed on the same side. Their common disdain for Christianity explains why left-wing judges in America find any inkling of Christianity in the public square unconstitutional, while Islamist judges in the Middle East deem it executable. Their common view that life is expendable explains the left's embrace abortion-on-demand and why the Islamists don't hesitate to deploy their own children for homicide bombings.

There is big resistance from vested interests in China that don't want to open up to competition.

Refusing to deal with numbers rarely serves the interests of the least well-off.

People don't respond just because you are fighting for the truth. They take their interests into account.

We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.

It is in the interests of society to put the Pill into slot machines and to place cigarettes on prescription.

I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

Man's earthly interests,'are all hooked and buttoned together, and held up, by Clothes.

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

I'll never be that trusting again, believing accountants and lawyers have my best interests at heart.

I came to the Bay Area not just to play basketball but to explore business interests.

The commotions that have taken place in America, as far as they are yet known to me, offer nothing threatening. They are a proof that the people have liberty enough, and I could not wish them less than they have. If the happiness of the mass of the people can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase. 'Malo libertatem periculosam quam quietem servitutem.' Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.

Businessmen are always trying to advance their business interests, but they are not running for Prime Minister.

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common. If you see it, black and white people, both sides look to see the differences, they don't look at what they have together. Men and women, and old and young, and so on. And this is a disease of the mind, the way I see it. Because in actual fact, men and women have much more in common than they are separated.

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

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

I do what interests me when I'm invited and do it as well as I know how and try to get better. That's all.

Every restriction of trade creates vested interests that are from then on opposed to its removal.

What interests me is seeing a problem and doing something about it, not all of the stuff around it.

If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight.

On climate change, Russia's interests are aligned with the West rather than the South.

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

It is in all our interests that the government, when buying goods or services, pays the lowest price.

Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms.

We need a simpler, fairer tax code that protects taxpayers. Not special interests.

I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.

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

We're looking out for the financial best interests of the up-and-comer. Everything connects to that.

My interests started about in science and in mathematics, I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.

I love to hear about ordinary people's lives and interests and what motivates them.

Do the rhetorical quarrels of bourgeois political parties have anything to do with the interests of the humble and downtrodden?

Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.

Real politics should work for the long-term and overall interests of the community.

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

Not every threat to America's national interests can be addressed with military power.

The more neurotic and evasive a person is, the shorter the range of his interests.

Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really interests them but themselves.

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an important step forward in ensuring that the United States remains competitive in the global economy. Career technical education (CTE) shares the Initiative s goal that all students must be college and career ready. CTE programs that incorporate the Common Core Standards will ensure students have the academic and technical knowledge and skills to be successful in the 21st century workplace.

There's nothing better for my interests and talents than combining math and sports for profit.

For the good of the American people, we must place our own interests first.

Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.

True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.

The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.

Here's the problem with Common Core. The Department of Education, like every federal agency, will never be satisfied. They will not stop with it being a suggestion. They will turn it into a mandate.In fact, what they will begin to say to local communities is, you will not get federal money unless do you things the way we want you to do it. And they will use Common Core or any other requirements that exists nationally to force it down the throats of our people in our states.

Our customers' business interests are heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry.

I got my degree in philosophy and English literature; those were my main interests.

It is in all our interests to help the world become more peaceful, stable, and prosperous.