Invested

Famous quotes containing the word invested:

    “Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it’s only when you have children that you realise you’re not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.”
    —Fay Weldon (b. 1933)

    “I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.”
    —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

    “Children are intensely invested in getting their way. They will devote more emotional and intellectual energy to winning arguments than parents ever will, and are almost always better rested.”
    —Jean Callahan (20th century)