Famous Quotes & Sayings

Freddie Mercury

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

Chris Carter

Her appeal to the Commonwealth Games Council to take part in the competition hasn't yet been heard but if she is successful there is the opportunity to put her into the team.

Jonathan Gruber

Great music can and should reach an extremely broad audience. When you walk into a retail store, you're blown away; it can be very intimidating to a newcomer. What the digital medium allows us to do is to focus attention on recordings, artists and composers whom we think will appeal to a lot of people, and break through a lot of the barriers that exist in the physical retail world.

Rob Enderle

For the most part, the appeal of these devices is very generational. In many cases, as you move up in age, it becomes increasingly a male audience.

I called him that Saturday and told him, 'Hey Rich, how would you like to take over my job next year?' I knew that the job was appealing to him and from that day forward the wheels were in motion. The guy that everybody wanted to take over the program got it. He's young and energetic. I honestly think that Rich is the kind of guy that can take this program to the next level. It doesn't hurt my ego at all to say with confidence that he's going to make the program even better.

Marc Morial

I can't tell you how to market your city, but I can tell you the appeal of Atlanta.

I don't think there is any question that Senator Clinton is trying to spread her appeal beyond New York and is using the DLC and other platforms as a method of doing that.

I don't think that there are a lot of folks sitting around looking to 'ER' to give them an exact procedure that they ought to follow to file an appeal to an insurance company,

Rick Riordan

I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids - even when they're tired, even when they're bouncing off the walls.

I appreciate these types of races. The appeal I had in that race will be the same in a statewide race in Illinois.

I am proud of the fifth- and sixth-grade volleyball program. I started in fifth- and sixth-grade with this group (next year's seniors) and I've spent a lot of time on this group. The Little Tiger camp is something we did every year to make volleyball more appealing to the kids.

Mahesh Babu

I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible.

I don't think they have any legitimate grounds for appeal. You have to have some major screw up for a case like this to be reversed or for a judge as prominent as this to be challenged by an appeals court and this doesn't rise to that level.

He's now forced to wait for his appeals to come through, and he's sitting it out before deciding on his next option.

However, these suits likely won't move forward until the appeals process is finished in this initial case.

I don't make any excuses for that, either. The reason why we have such a wide demographic is the mums and dads go, 'I remember that song from back in the '70s. That was a great song.' A lot of great music was around in those times and we want to appeal to everybody.

Carolyn See

I'd never heard of Robert Hellenga; I didn't think a book with the name 'Snakewoman of Little Egypt' would hold any appeal for me at all.

Robert Stone

Carolyn Westbrook evokes an extraordinary lifestyle and environment. From the feel of her 'Romantic Cottage' floral prints to the urban simplicity of 'White Linen,' her collection appeals to a wide cross section of people who appreciate the quality and feel of her timeless designs. Carolyn Westbrook HOME is all about 'Creating a Home that Reflects the Spirit of You' and I am confident that the licensing community will respond to her vision by expanding Carolyn's leadership in home and lifestyle design.

Pope John

I renew the appeal I made most recently at Christmas for a consensus to end the death penalty, which is both cruel and unnecessary.

People are listening to and enjoying music in a way that appeals to them, and we think that's positive.

Charlie Crist

Our rule on this was to render an opinion as to whether the board has jurisdiction, ... There's two parties that remain in this at this time: the museum and the board. Either of those two parties can appeal to a court.

Our first consideration for writing or choosing songs is audience appeal and participation. It's important that our music not only?;pertain to us, as individuals, to make it real, but?;be something that the audience can grasp hold of and believe in as well.

Overall the elections appeal process failed to provide an effective remedy for the parties,

Ivor Novello

The pictures are designed to portray human emotions, good and evil, fine and tawdry; and it is no wonder that their appeal is so universal.

Clint Eastwood

It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

Feist

I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.

I started writing poetry in high school because I wanted desperately to write, but somehow, writing stories didn't appeal to me, and I loved the flow and the feel and sense of poetry, especially that of what one might call formal verse.

We are not overly happy but respect the decision made by the panel. We are not likely to appeal but would like to reserve the right to while waiting to hear the official reasoning from UEFA.

Matthew Sweet

When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me.

William Kingdon Clifford

To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social experience in support of the authority of the Eastern saviour.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction.

Bill Keller

In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.

Steven Pinker

Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.