Interest Or Hobbies Quotes & Sayings

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man. — Winston Churchill

The cruellest thing you can do to Kerouac is reread him at thirty-eight. — Hanif Kureishi

It might interest you to know," Tully says, "that there's a reason people build miniatures. Doesn't matter if it's guys laying out model railroads or women decorating dollhouses. It's about control. It's about reinventing reality." [...] "Some people get a lot of satisfaction in creating a little world they can escape to. In making things turn out the way they want, at least in their dreams. — Jane Lotter

The influence of modern physics goes beyond technology. It extends to the realm of thought and culture where it has led to a deep revision in man's conception of the universe and his relation to it — Fritjof Capra

I Worried
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not how shall
I correct it?
Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?
Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.
Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?
Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang. — Mary Oliver

One day I'll be appreciated for what I do instead being held back for what I don't do. — Burnell Taylor

An opinion is not necesarily correct just because you're willing to die for it. — Oscar Wilde

I couldn't keep myself in, and I asked her if she'd rather I ... didn't get married. — Katherine Mansfield

Passion is a deep love for sacred activity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We told each other what movies we were currently watching and what books we were reading. — Ernest Cline

Depth is a big goal for all believers, because life as we know it makes no sense without it. Without it we're all lost souls, left to wander as we wonder if that's all there is. While with insight we find out very best self, with depth we find our very best God. Eventually wisdom comes, embraces us, and shows us both are really one and the same. — Karol Jackowski

The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom window open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency ... — Terry Pratchett

In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it. — Henry A. Kissinger

Other parts of the personality approach were clearly manipulative, even deceptive, encouraging people to use techniques to get other people to like them, or to fake interest in the hobbies of others to get out of them what they wanted, or to use the "power look," or to intimidate their way through life. — Stephen R. Covey