Quotes of: Vested-interest Keyword

It is believed that the critics are the men who have failed in literature and art. It is so in social life, too. Without any egoistic interest nobody criticizes the government. Give the critics the money and the power, more than they have, they will ...

Elmar Hussein

I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to be clear about that, and advocate for no use. Although rape and child molestation are ubiquitous, we do not have campaigns fo...

Gary L. Francione

I‘m very aware that my personal life, my marriage, is the source of speculation and interest in the department and with the public. I can live with that. I’m also aware that my husband’s businesses, and his style of conducting his businesses, a...

J.D. Robb

To call up modern versions of the old stories, one has to go forth and live life. As a result then, one will have the challenge of not only living the story, taking it all in, but also interpreting it in whatever ways are useful. So too, one will rea...

Joseph Campbell

Valentine: Excuse me... the door was open. I'm sorry, I think I ran over your dog. Rita. A German Shepherd. The Judge: [Displaying little interest] It's possible. She disappeared yesterday. Valentine: She's in my car. Alive. I don't know what to do. ...

Three Colors: Red

Marwood: How come Monty owns such a horrible little shack? Withnail: No idea. Marwood: You never discuss your family do you? Withnail: I fail to see my family's of any interest to you. I've absolutely no interest in yours. I dislike relatives in gene...

Withnail & I

Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?

The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction

Feeling that one has some leverage upon something, even by proxy or association, makes one a great deal more interested in it.

Contradictionary

There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.

Crocodile Tears

Better or worse, we are living such a fallacious world, where people like to seek their own interests in in others' matters.

The Cavalier

The fact that you and I are acquaintances only interested and amused the ghosts further. Gossip bunch, really.

Dance Into the Dark

It was interesting the way a small hate could grow inside a big hate and take it over.

Days of Blood & Starlight

It seems there is more interest in sunsets than sunrises. Perhaps because innately we fear the dark.

Eena, The Two Sisters

People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.

The Four Loves

We were very different, and we disagreed about a lot of things, but he was always so interesting, you know?

The Fault in Our Stars

Error sometimes supplies the surprise that makes life interesting.

Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself.

Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction

Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27.

Bobby Darin

Kids don't talk like adults, but kids on the spectrum don't necessarily fall into the same patterns of speaking or have the same interests as other kids their age.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book.

John Pople

We're past the age of heroes and hero kings... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.

John Updike