#interest

What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. ↗

— Norbert Wiener

#before #begin #experiments #granted #infinitely

It's like with a girl: it's more fun to meet and slowly, gradually learn things about each other. A little mystery is always nice and it's interesting to still learn new things about someone you are involved with. ↗

— Larry Wilcox

#always #each #fun #girl #gradually

People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are. ↗

— Jim Woodring

#people #really #seeing #themselves

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#criminal #fact #interesting #into #lied

Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#did #guidance #information #interest #providing

I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before. ↗

— Peter Wright

#back #before #best #best way #class

The ruling passion of the age is to convert wealth into debt in order to derive a permanent future income from it - to convert wealth that perishes into debt that endures, debt that does not rot, costs nothing to maintain, and brings in perennial interest. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#entropy #interest #money #wealth #age

I think women are sexy when they got some clothes on. And if later they take them off then you've triumphed. Somebody once said it's what you dont see you're interested in, and this is true. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#interested #men #nudity #sex #women

If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your state of mind. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#interest #life #mind #mindfulness #state-of-mind

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right. ↗

— Derrick A. Bell

#fear #self-interest #courage