"Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good."

-- William H. Prescott

#Self Quotes #Enlightened Quotes #Interest Quotes

“For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.”
“I think of myself as a singer. The acting is just something I have to do between songs.”
“A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”
“Being gay is not a political accomplishment in itself. It's not enough to constitute a political platform.”

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“We must get away from the traditional idea that the saints in Heaven have one eternal holiday; that they have nothing to occupy them save playing a harp and incessantly singing.”
“Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.”
“If we try to resolve terrorism with military might and nothing else, then we will be no safer than we were before 9/11. If we truly want a legacy of peace for our children, we need to understand that this is a war that will ultimately be won with books, not with bombs.”
“The planet Mars -- crimson and bright, filling our telescopes with vague intimations of almost-familiar landforms -- has long formed a celestial tabula rasa on which we have inscribed our planeto-logical theories, utopian fantasies, and fears of alien invasion or ecological ruin.”

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