Quotes Tagged "interests"

In any government, interests precede truth.

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.

The secret to a happy life is having lots of interests. Interests are ammunition against despair.

The secret to a happy life is having lots of interests. Interests are ammunition against despair.

Don't be passive. Act. Have interests, if you want to be happy. Don't just let life happen to you.

Like forearm veins, my interests spread in different directions and eventually led to the hands, to writing.

There is no truth; Everything is a strategy for interests.

A while back, when Dick and Barry and I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like, Barry proposed the idea of a questionnaire for prospective partners.

I love so many books and authors that it's hard to name just a few, but I'm always particularly excited when new books by Alice Hoffman, John Crowley, Joanne Harris, Elizabeth Knox, and Patricia McKillip come out. (And, of course, books by Ellen [Kushner], and Holly [Black], and the rest of the Bordertown crew!) I'm impatiently looking forward to Susanna Clarke's next book too. Aside from writing and reading, my favorite things to do are paint, walk in the countryside with my dog, and listen to music -- especially when it's live and it's played by friends. Fortunately there's a lot of live music where I live.

Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.

Clothing interests me, but it's not the endpoint of my interest.

It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

There are many conflicting interests in Europe.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

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

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.