Top 1200 National Interests Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

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

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

The secrets to happiness include enterprise, exploration of one's interests and the overcoming of obstacles.

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

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

First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.

What interests me are the complexities and contradictions and struggles and joys of messy human beings.

Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.

You know the Art Rule: Do something that entertains/interests YOU, if you're lucky it'll do the same for others.

The way the world sees women vs. men is a subject that really interests me.

We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.

There are a lot of vipers in this industry, people who only have their own interests in mind.

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

You should run your life not by the calendar but how you feel, and what you're interests are and ambitions.

I don't apologize for looking after New Jersey's interests. That's an obligation that I'll always keep.

Poverty makes people do reckless things, but [the rich] do worse to protect their [interests]

Warlords, dictators and terrorists are normally okay with the U.S., as long as they do the bidding of U.S. corporate interests.

People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.

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

In Freethinkers Hall, which before the Nazi resurgence was the national headquarters of the German Freethinkers League, the Berlin Protestant church authorities have opened a bureau for advice to the public in church matters. Its chief object is to win back former churchgoers and assist those who have not previously belonged to any religious congregation in obtaining church membership. The German Freethinkers League, which was swept away by the national revolution, was the largest of such organizations in Germany. It had about 500,000 members.

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

It is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept free, open and running.

In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.

How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me.

It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.

So long as we mayhavean independent Judiciary, the great interests of the people will be safe.

I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of life who, in the last half of the 18th century and early 19th century, articulated the rights of colonists, secured independence from Great Britain, and established new constitutional republics at both the national and state levels. This definition includes a cast of thousands who played their patriotic part at the local, state, and/or national levels. Among them were citizen soldiers, elected representatives, polemicists, and patriot preachers.

What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you're in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don't want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn't taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you've got no more to give and then you're going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

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.

What interests me most are the emotional lives of the people. If I don't have that, it's not worth doing, frankly.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Our task will be to advance Kenya's interests and ensure they are well served.

The website is me. It's a reflection of my personality and my interests. It's the perfect marriage of my skills and experiences.

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

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

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

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

What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.

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.

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

Belief systems have flourished because they have facilitated the interests of the creatures involved.

In life, people move on their interests and even more when money is an issue.

To pass on your ideas and have an influence on a team really interests me.

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

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

The place where the interests of all parties come together is the international community, along with its resolutions.

National events determine our ideals, as much as our ideals determine national events.

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

Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values.

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

Where there is a wine-shop, there are the elements of disease and the frightful source of all that is at enmity with the interests of the workmen.

I will not let the interests of powerful corporations close our economy or jeopardize consumers.

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the hills. But the cookbook record proves that the haute cuisine codified early in this century by Escoffier barely goes back to Napoleon's time. Before that, French food is not recognizable as French to modern eyes. Europe's menu before 1700 was completely different from its menu after 1800, when national cuisines arose along with modern nations and national cultures.

The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.

WikiLeaks combines several of my prior interests in technology, policy questions, and journalism.

People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.