interest Quotes

“All men are liable to error, and most men are in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”

― John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

topic:passion interest

“No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

“EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

topic:self interest

“When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's...”

― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

topic:learning interest

“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”

― Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom

topic:government democracy interest

“The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public.”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

topic:interest business

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