Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Usually, the trip to the gym is the first thing to go when our schedules get tight. But, as competition for members grows, fitness centers are taking steps like offering child care and a greater variety of fitness classes to make working out more appealing and convenient, no matter when you get around to it.

With the temperature the way it is this time of year, anything from the refrigerator sounds so much more appealing than something from the oven.

Most companies want their stock to be appealing to a wide audience.

Microsoft is appealing the District Court's preliminary ruling because Microsoft does not believe any preliminary injunction should have been ordered. We are confident that Microsoft has developed the best Java implementation within the terms of our contract with Sun and in the best interests of Java developers and consumers.

Cassandra Peterson

It didn't sound that appealing and it wasn't paying much, ... They liked a character that I was doing that was sort of a Valley girl type ...They said they wanted me to do that character but come up with some sort of outfit that was spooky.

It is completely unrealistic to think that remote office operations are going to get rid of all the functions they run, no matter how appealing the concept. Microsoft plays a role at both ends of the WAN, so I like the Tacit Networks' implementation of providing Microsoft-based services locally while centralizing the data itself back at the corporate data center.

We didn't do it to be angry, we did it to look cool. We thought it would be appealing to us.

J. R. Moehringer

Like the Earth, the Web is a less appealing place than it used to be. If I want attitude and arguing and meanness and profanity and wrong information screamed at me as gospel, I'll get in a time machine and spend Christmas with my family in 1977.

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.

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.

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.

One of the major plans is to work on the aesthetics of the pool to make it more visually appealing to people.

One of the least appealing aspects of modern presidential candidates is that, to avoid saying anything that might prove to be an embarrassing, costly blunder, they cling to a rigid set of talking points that reveal as little as possible about what they really think and who they really are.

His work engages viewers with the artist's rare gifts of sensitivity to the human condition and an appealing sense of humor.

We think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to Windows users considering making the switch.

Lincoln Kirstein

He was trained as a dancer, and he had both a dancer's body and a dancer's capacity. He incarnated for me the most appealing and tragic aspects of American lower-class life.

Ray Park

Growing up as a kid, I wanted to be a ninja. In martial arts, even though I did Chinese kung fu, I always wanted to be this secret samurai or a ninja. There's something about ninjas that was very appealing to me as a kid. So of course, I was climbing a lot of trees and other things and getting up to mischief - good mischief.

Christopher Moore

There are some elements that are tonal and some are not. But nothing so far out you can't grasp it. It's appealing music.

Lisa Morton

In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood.

Natalie Massenet

Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.

Jonathan Potter

You don't lose money by appealing to fans.

through a combination of increased transactions, exceptional store level execution and an appealing product mix, we delivered our most successful holiday season since 1994.

With the next generation of technology, we're certainly going to see the NFL and Major League Baseball move to a new level. My fear is the college game -- as appealing as it is -- will stand still when others are moving forward.

Russell Simmons

We have high aspirations, but we know to fulfill the aspirations of the hip-hop generation. We have to take the subjects of financial literacy and empowerment seriously, and talk with your youth in a way that is appealing to them.

Ted Williams

We're appealing to the public to help us to hammer home the message that this tax is not supported by the public or businesses.

We have put some nice touches to it making it more appealing and it's all paid for.

There is a lot of cash around at the moment, and established infrastructure with stable cash flows is an appealing investment.

When I feel attracted to a client, what that really means is that there is something appealing about the person; it's a good sign for the patient.

We don't know if we're appealing or not. We're going to get together with our attorneys and talk about it more.

We believe custom installations from Harvey, the recognized leader in providing these professional services in our market, will be an appealing option for iO customers who have specialized needs, including the installation integration of high-definition home video and audio entertainment systems. Our Optimum-branded voice, video and high-speed Internet services are the most popular and highly rated in the nation, so it makes perfect sense to offer customers with specialized needs a seamless customer installation option from a top-rated partner like Harvey.

The question is how can they make their product appealing to the cable and satellite operators. So it's not just 100 percent based on customer awareness.

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.