#interests

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#against #doing #his #interests #keep

We must have a foreign policy which is based only on the long-term interests of our race, not on the interest of other races or on economic considerations or anything else. ↗

— George Lincoln Rockwell

#based #considerations #economic #else #foreign

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#interests #least #person #pleased #you

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

— Simon Cheshire

#life #passion #life

Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#create #difficult #difficult task #however #interests

The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#around #contrast #earn #economic #enables

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#audience #dangerous #i #i write #interests

I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold your breath for that one. ↗

— David Zucker

#different #different kinds #directing #each #hold

The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#alongside #collective #governments #i #i think

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#before #commercial #developers #hard #interests