Quotes of: Vested-interest Keyword

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

A Room of One's Own

I am weird, and you know what? That's OK. So are most interesting people.

Shift

Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.

The Mill on the Floss

It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.

The Ministry of Fear

Change for its own sake doesn't make life more interesting; it only makes it different.

Mikawadizi Storms

we've learned an interesting rule about fame. Those who seem desperate for it are the people that others least want to see.

Nerve

It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

Looking Forward

Why was everyone so interested in her now? When it was too late to change anything? What was the point?

Looking for JJ

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.

The Last Night of the Earth Poems

Although your marrows look very good, it’s not them I’m interested in..” (The Honesty Box) Love Potion

Love Potion

Manners come down to a single principle, talk of nothing that might actually prove interesting.

A Lady's Lesson in Scandal

If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.

A Short History of Progress

Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas.

Something Rotten

He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of an heavy rain.

Sense and Sensibility

I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.

Storm of Shadows

I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.

The Truth About Forever

The first thing you lose when you die is your motor skills.

This Is Where It Gets Interesting

This divergence of experience was not a stumbling block to conversation; indeed, it was what made the conversation interesting.

The Oracle of Stamboul

How can you claim to have a passionate interest in something, and then make no effort to properly understand it?

Plastic Fantastic

[..]the way you get her interested in you will also be the way you’ll lose her [..]

A Poker Game of Love

Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don’t have the slightest interest in her themselves.

Prague Tales