We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.
I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history.
I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.
The most interesting comments, they don't come from people with Klout scores. They don't come from people with a history on our sites.
I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.
I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.
I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.
My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was by Adam Sandler.
The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.
I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.
Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.
I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.
I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
I've given up looking for a boyfriend. That's not to say I won't be interested if the right guy comes along. But I'm not in a hurry.
I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.
I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education.
