Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jenny Lewis

My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you'd usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me.

I will use my right to appeal before a higher authority.

Thomas Perry

I was very impressed with the paintings. The subject matter that she uses is very clear and her style of painting that I saw was something that really appealed to me.

Matt Lucas

I was hoping that the appeal of the show would stretch beyond the anglophile and comedy-obsessed.

It enhances the dollar's interest rate appeal relative to the euro, pound and yen,

It felt a little awkward at first but it really wasn't relevant because we appealed to two different markets. He was geared toward an older and I a younger generation of listeners. It's like vanilla and chocolate, they're both equally good it just depends what you're in the mood for.

I think college students generally don't come to enough musical theatre. This is not 'Oklahoma.' This is not 'The Sound of Music.' This is a very contemporary appealing comedy that college kids will enjoy.

It doesn't decide the major appeal before the D.C. Court of Appeals,

Janet Reno

It does not disagree with my determination, it does not say that the boy cannot be reunited with his father in this country, and in fact the court said we need not decide where or in whose custody the plaintiff should remain while this appeal is pending.

I think I did that up until this game. Now, it's just a matter of let's just get this game over with and do our best. I want to win the game, no question. That would give us a single-digit loss season, and that's something that's appealing to me as a coach. But my real emphasis is getting to that tournament and trying to win it.

Chris Wedge

Well, in our industry it's that the movies cost so much money to make they have to appeal to a broad audience. And I think that's part of what will loosen up in the future, as technology makes it cheaper, you'll be able to make films for a more selective audience. I think people will be able to make more personal movies.

Brian Lamb

We protested and appealed to let our cameras in, but Scalia won and we were kept out, ... Albany is a political town, too, and this shouldn't come as a surprise.

Al Sharpton

We hope to appeal to all sides to try and have some type of truce or cease-fire. We are not on either side. We are on the side of getting help for the children -- medical care as well for those that have been displaced.

We do hope to appeal to more Chinese.

We received the appeal for help. There are about 20 crew members on board each ship.

We're building a ranch plan based on a home we had previously done. We really liked this home plan, and when you build a house you are always thinking what if we did this or that differently. It appealed to us so much that we brought the plan, which we named the Encore, with our changes to the committee, and they agreed.

We're deciding if we want to file post-trial motions or appeal to a higher court.

Yes, that's true. It's all part of the ongoing evolution in TV programming how to work with these facts, and events like the World Series and college (football) bowl games, and still maximize the appeal of our schedule.

Damon Albarn

We don't sit around thinking, 'This'll be great for kids' - it just happened to really appeal to them,

We expect a strong portfolio of titles on launch day and through the holidays that will appeal to fans of every genre and gamers in every region,

Unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors. We don't want Kenya to become another Niger, where ... donations only increased when people started dying after months of appeals for contributions to prevent deaths.

You do have to have the right components to get there. I think it has to have that sort of edge-of-your-seat appeal where people know they are going to be stimulated in a visceral sort of way.

Holly Black

I think there's a reason that horror appeals to teens. There's a lot of useful lessons to take away from reading horror. We get to be scared in the comfort and safety of our own homes. We can put the book down if we get too scared, and no one will ever know if we decide not to pick it up again.

Jim Murphy

When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.

We are reviewing this motion. We continue to review all of the rulings by the court of appeals because it is a long and complex one. We intend to move forward promptly.

Richard Blumenthal

We are ready for an appeal that we can expect from either or both of these groups,

We are particularly excited that such an historic, factual, and truth-based decision is now a controlling precedent for the federal Court of Appeals that rules on all Michigan cases.

We are particularly excited about organic food, the fastest-growing category in all of food. It's a great example of how Wal-Mart can appeal to a wider range of customers.

We are overwhelmed by the international community's response to our appeal for the help for Saturday's quake victims.

Potts' major strength is that if he had money, he's a distinctive personality. He comes across, by contrast to the other two, in a unique way. He has a persona that's some cross between Harry Truman and Ross Perot. That's appealing to a lot of people today who feel that candidates are too careful, too scripted, too stage-managed.

Possibly their lasting appeal is because music hasn't massively changed since then. People have gradually realized over the years that that probably was the best pop music ever written.

Anwar Robinson

Pop comes from the word 'popular,' which means that it could be anything that appeals to any group of people. When you talk about general masses, I think there's elements in every kind of music that can reach a broad audience.

Patti Smith

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.