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33 Interest Quotes

Interest is the feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone. Interest means to excite the curiosity or attention of (someone). Interest refers to the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something. This is a collection of 33 "Interest" quotes and sayings.


Great interests demand great safeguards. - Thomas Francis Meagher
Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others. - François de la Rochefoucauld
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. - William Morris
It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing. - Helen Keller
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Self-interest leads to honing your skills, the better to trade with. - P. J. O'Rourke
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. - George Washington
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin
Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth. - William Jennings Bryan
Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you're really going to excel in it. - Charlie Munger
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. - George Bernard Shaw
To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully. - Tryon Edwards
Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
If you always do what interest you, then at least one person is pleased. - Katharine Hepburn
Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy. - Alexander Hamilton
Men often act knowingly against their interest. - David Hume
Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good. - William H. Prescott
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us. - Emile M. Ciora
Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous. - Georgia O'Keeffe
When you do anything too long, you either wear it out or lose interest. - Miles Davis
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. - William Inge
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest. - Albert Einstein
Don't be interesting, be interested. - James C. Collins
We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest. - Malcolm Gladwell
What interests me the most is expressing what's in nature, in the visible world, that is. - Giorgio Morandi
Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it. - John Dryden
Every collection reflects the ideas and values and interests of the individual or group who developed the collection. - Tom Peters
What interests me is to understand the nature of the modern. - Susan Sontag
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible. - Jimmy Carter
A man's prime interest in life must be his work. - Laurence Olivier
The whole universe interest me. - George Brecht
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