Quotes About Interest

Uncle George was William's godfather, and he was intensely interested in William's upbringing. It was an interest with which William would gladly have dispensed. Uncle George's annual visit was to William a purgatory only to be endured by a resolutely philosophic attitude of mind and the knowledge that sooner or later it must come to an end.

It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.

A lot of these love notes seem to be from well-read and lovesick young men with literary aspirations. That type doesn't interest me in the least. They say they only have eyes for gazing at you and then end up gazing right back at their navels.

I'm not hovering. I just thought you might be interested in knowing that Nell's boss is here. Max stopped typing. Bishop? Yep. What's he doing here? Apparently just finished up another investigation in Chicago.So what's he doing here? Ethan grinned. I'm trying to make out whether you consider him a rival or just somebody who's going to spirit Nell back to Virginia.

when we were eleven, say, we really weren't interested in each other's poems at all. . . . But we didn't know a thing about poetry. We didn't care about it.

Isn't it possible that I'm not feigning interest? That I really do want to know more about you? You've never been interested in me before. You've never been interesting before. -Cassandra and Paige

Then she asked if they let girls on the boxing team and I said Mr. Barnes tried to get you on it, but you weren't interested. Then--get this--she starts asking if you've got a hate-on for certain people." Sam looked worried, almost alarmed, but when she saw me watching, she tried to hide it and said, "So what'd you tell her?" "That you're an equal opportunity hater.

it did afford him the opportunity to pursue the science of death, and I daresay he enjoys that far more than he would a standard surgical practice. His interest has always been in the science." "A researcher rather than a practitioner.

Dragons eat the things that they're curious about.

The state arbitrarily set the mortgage interest rate at 8.5 percent—below the prime rate of 9 or so percent—so banks could make more money out of state. The bottom line for financial institutions is profit.

There was also something false about the atmosphere here. It was solemn and dignified like a church or the court of a president or a museum. They were moneylenders, but they acted as if charging interest were a noble calling, like the priesthood.

If you don't take an interest, then what happens is your fault.

A man should have a hobby. It keeps him out of trouble. -Madeleine Pilaster

In the old days you wouldn't discuss politics at all." "If you don't take an interest, then what happens is your fault.

Never mind the world—I'm interested only in America. Are we in danger of becoming the world's policeman?' It's a reasonable question.

Philip thought; you have to do something to keep their attention.

No doubt a serious spy would pretend to have no interest in politics, or even to be a Republican.

I'm not normally a forgiving man. He turned his icy gaze on William again for a moment, then looked back at Father. But I don't bear a grudge when it's against my interest.

If nobody ever offers an opinion or takes the slightest interest in one's production, one loses not only all pleasure in them, but all power of judging their value.

The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.

We don't recognize the power of compounding.

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.