Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
I'm not interested in being Don Quixote. I'm interested in running the City of New York.
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.
Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it.
Personally, I'm not interested in getting more money for what I do; I'm just interested in more money being put into the production.
People are interested in science, but they don't always know they're interested in science, and so I try to find a way to get them interested.
I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.
But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.
We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that every human being is special to start with, because we're unique to start with. But we then go through some sort of boot camp from the age of zero to about 18...
You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'l...
British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the specialness itself vanish like a phantom at cock-c...
She is a girl who feels things strongly, and though cynics might mock her for that, I never will, as it is perhaps the best of graces: to feel deeply, to care profoundly.
My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.
But the universe in its immensity is nevertheless of a piece, and what applies at one end of it applies at the other. No doubt misery, like happiness and hope, is found throughout the stars.
When the words have been said and the music has been played, feelings are the only form of art which will remain to reign.
Beautiful feelings soar freely, while true care roots deeply. Real love can only be defined by them both.
There are things we do that the human mind doesn't understand, yet the same things are meant for the heart to fully comprehend.
When the words have been said and the music has been played, feelings are the only form of art which will remain to reign. (Soar)
Be ordinary, but bring a quality of awareness to your ordinary life. Bring God to your ordinary life introduce God into your ordinary life. Sleep, eat, love, pray, meditate, but don’t think that you are making or doing something special—and then ...
