Quotes About Interests

Bowlby's statement that intimate attachments are the hub around which a person's life revolves, and Marris's assertion that specific relationships embody most crucially the meaning of a person's life, leave out of account not only interests, which may be crucially important, but also the need which many people feel for some scheme, religion, philosophy, or ideology which makes sense of life.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Life is simple , only it has been made tough for others by some people for their vested-interest.

People, in general, have a weird or wicked way of defining the nature of a person in this selfish-cum-foolish world. He is considered positive by others till his words or deeds profit them individually, but if his good thoughts or acts affect anyone's vested-interest, then he is called negative by that other guy.

One major reason why radical economic reform was almost impossibly difficult to introduce in the Soviet Union was the strength of vested interests – in the first place, the bureaucracies of the economic ministries and the regional party organizations.

But if safety be their common concern, the good of the governors must correspond with the good of the governed, and the interest of the servant must coincide with the interest of the master.

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.

Every honest attempt to discover the truth and depict things faithfully is a struggle against one's own subjectivity and partiality, one's individual and class interests; one can seek to become aware of these as a source of error, while realizing that they can never be finally excluded.

The only thing I wanted to do since I was seven was play quarterback in the NFL, but as I grew older, I started to discover other interests.

I follow my interests pretty - I don't like the word 'intuitively.' I follow them in a kind of natural way, without questioning them too much.

I don't play golf, and I'm not into horse racing.

I like football, baseball, basketball, golf, racing.

There's too much that I'd like to do outside of racing to do this until I'm 50 or whatever.

Wrestling is not on my radar.

I'm not the guy who does slo-mo, or I'm not the guy who does splashing rain or doves flying or anything; that's not me. Every film, I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time.

Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.

The right numerical balance is not just random number, it is an inherent checking mechanism in our parliamentary democracy against any ruling party that chooses to put its political interests first.

I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I'm an old-fashioned amateur.

I have a pretty big range of interests. I love art; I love going to the museums. I dabble in painting, and although I'm not very good at it, I enjoy it.

I'm not really a gamer.

Our customers' business interests are heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry.

I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete.

I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of female leads, especially. I have a genuine love for it, and I always thought it was very interesting to show that side of me.

Our financial system is driven by a giant marketing machine in which the interests of sellers directly conflict with the interests of buyers.