Quotes of: Interesting-place Keyword

We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.

Anne of the Island

Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else's interest before one's own.

The Almond Tree

One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a cer...

Thom Yorke

Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

The story of a man's soul, however trivial, can be more interesting and instructive than the story of a whole nation

A Hero of Our Time

The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

I Learn from Children

No, of course not. I just feel content,” she said carefully. “That’s an old person’s word,” said Ethan.

The Interestings

The mystery of desire was way beyond the conceptual abilities of Jules Jacobson. It was like ... robotics. Just another subject that she couldn’t understand at all.

The Interestings

Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.

The Interestings

Is there anything sadder than the scrawniest little piece of uneaten chicken at a dinner party?” “Hmm,” said Jules. “Yes. The Holocaust.

The Interestings

Conflict of interest. I wanted to date somebody who was less screwed up than me, and she wasn't.

Just Dial 911 for Assistance

She simply didn't have an interest in men anymore. It wasn't that she didn't like them, she just knew how easily they broke.

Joy for Beginners

You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.

Rachel's Holiday

Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like us.

The Road to Oxiana

That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery.

Spook Country

It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect.

In a Sunburned Country

Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Of all the advantages that ghostwriting offers, one of the greatest must be the opportunity that you get to meet people of interest.

Secrets of the Italian Gardener

My unhappiness precluded all else; unhappiness is a kind of narcissism, in which nothing that does not resonate with your unhappiness can interest you.

Skin Game

In the twentieth century, nowhere on Earth was sex so vigorously suppressed as in America---and nowhere else was there such a deep interest in it.

Stranger in a Strange Land

The public good must come before private interests.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life