Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.
Lord Chesterfield
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
Jonathan Swift
Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.
Woodrow Wilson
Men often act knowingly against their interest.
David Hume
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.
Emile M. Cioran
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
William Morris
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
William Hazlitt
Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.
Bo Bennett
It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.
Carolyn Wells
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
Jeremy Bentham
We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.
Jacqueline Bisset
It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing.
James Schuyler
The passions possess a certain injustice and self interest which makes it dangerous to follow them, and in reality we should distrust them even when they appear most trustworthy.
François de la Rochefoucauld
The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Cato the Censor
In light of the substantial attention given this case by the Supreme Court, I believe my continued participation would create a distraction of no benefit to the parents or the best interest of the child.
Carl Lewis